Mall Of America Reopens After 3 Months The nation's largest shopping mall, in suburban Minneapolis, is set to reopen June 10 after working to embrace new socially distant shopping setups that businesses hope don't turn away customers.Heard onMatt SepicFromToggle more optionsThe nation's largest shopping mall, in suburban Minneapolis, is set to reopen June 10 after working to embrace new socially distant shopping setups that businesses hope don't turn away customers.RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:The nation's largest shopping mall reopens today after being closed for nearly three months because of the...…Mall Of America Reopens After 3 Months The nation's largest shopping mall, in suburban Minneapolis, is set to reopen June 10 after working to embrace new socially distant shopping setups that businesses hope don't turn away customers.Heard onMatt SepicFromToggle more optionsThe nation's largest shopping mall, in suburban Minneapolis, is set to reopen June 10 after working to embrace new socially distant shopping setups that businesses hope don't turn away customers.RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:The nation's largest shopping mall reopens today after being closed for nearly three months because of the...WW…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey took the unusual step Wednesday of calling on county prosecutors to charge the city police officer as he took the man into custody on Memorial Day. Floyd later died. “We watched for five whole, excruciating minutes as a white officer firmly pressed his knee into the neck of an unarmed, handcuffed black man,” an emotional Frey said of the video that surfaced and led the city to immediately fire four officers Tuesday.“I saw no threat. I saw nothing that would signal that this kind of force was necessary,” he told reporters. “If you had done it, or I had done it,...…Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey took the unusual step Wednesday of calling on county prosecutors to charge the city police officer as he took the man into custody on Memorial Day. Floyd later died. “We watched for five whole, excruciating minutes as a white officer firmly pressed his knee into the neck of an unarmed, handcuffed black man,” an emotional Frey said of the video that surfaced and led the city to immediately fire four officers Tuesday.“I saw no threat. I saw nothing that would signal that this kind of force was necessary,” he told reporters. “If you had done it, or I had done it,...WW…

Protests turned violent Tuesday night in Minneapolis as anger over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody, spilled out onto city streets. Several hundred protesters gathered in the street where Floyd died, chanting and carrying banners that read, “I can’t breathe” and “hands up, don’t shoot.” Protesters eventually marched about 2 1/2 miles to the 3rd Precinct police headquarters, with some protesters damaging windows and and spraying graffiti on the building. A line of police in riot gear eventually confronted the protesters, firing tear gas.The chaos...…Protests turned violent Tuesday night in Minneapolis as anger over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody, spilled out onto city streets. Several hundred protesters gathered in the street where Floyd died, chanting and carrying banners that read, “I can’t breathe” and “hands up, don’t shoot.” Protesters eventually marched about 2 1/2 miles to the 3rd Precinct police headquarters, with some protesters damaging windows and and spraying graffiti on the building. A line of police in riot gear eventually confronted the protesters, firing tear gas.The chaos...WW…

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of raping a woman who was drunk. The justices ruled that the state's definition of "mentally incapacitated" does not include voluntarily inebriated victims. Hennepin County prosecutors say that in May of 2017,  Francois Khalil encountered a woman outside a Dinkytown bar who’d just consumed five shots of vodka and a prescription narcotic. Khalil invited her and a friend to a party.Court documents say Khalil and two other men drove them to a house in Minneapolis, where there was no party. The woman, identified...…The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of raping a woman who was drunk. The justices ruled that the state's definition of "mentally incapacitated" does not include voluntarily inebriated victims. Hennepin County prosecutors say that in May of 2017,  Francois Khalil encountered a woman outside a Dinkytown bar who’d just consumed five shots of vodka and a prescription narcotic. Khalil invited her and a friend to a party.Court documents say Khalil and two other men drove them to a house in Minneapolis, where there was no party. The woman, identified...WW…

MPR News will stream live coverage of the trial beginning at 9 a.m. Monday. Some images or material discussed during the trial will be disturbing to many viewers. Watch Friday morning proceedings . Watch afternoon proceedings :Judge Peter Cahill said Friday he will not delay or move the Derek Chauvin trial. He also said he would allow limited evidence from a 2019 arrest of George Floyd.Cahill’s decision followed a defense request to delay or move the trial in the wake of last week’s announced between Minneapolis and the family of George Floyd.Chauvin’s attorneys argued that the massive...…MPR News will stream live coverage of the trial beginning at 9 a.m. Monday. Some images or material discussed during the trial will be disturbing to many viewers. Watch Friday morning proceedings . Watch afternoon proceedings :Judge Peter Cahill said Friday he will not delay or move the Derek Chauvin trial. He also said he would allow limited evidence from a 2019 arrest of George Floyd.Cahill’s decision followed a defense request to delay or move the trial in the wake of last week’s announced between Minneapolis and the family of George Floyd.Chauvin’s attorneys argued that the massive...WW…

MPR News will stream live coverage of the trial beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Some images or material discussed during the trial will be disturbing to many viewers. Watch the morning proceedings . Watch the afternoon proceedings The between Minneapolis and the George Floyd family continues to hang over jury selection in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial. The judge on Wednesday dismissed two previously chosen jurors who said they knew of the payout.Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill interviewed jurors by video conference Wednesday morning who’d been selected prior to Friday’s settlement...…MPR News will stream live coverage of the trial beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Some images or material discussed during the trial will be disturbing to many viewers. Watch the morning proceedings . Watch the afternoon proceedings The between Minneapolis and the George Floyd family continues to hang over jury selection in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial. The judge on Wednesday dismissed two previously chosen jurors who said they knew of the payout.Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill interviewed jurors by video conference Wednesday morning who’d been selected prior to Friday’s settlement...WW…

State utility regulators are investigating how the big spike in natural gas prices last week could affect customers in Minnesota. Wholesale prices in many parts of the country rocketed to around 100 times normal as unusually low temperatures both hampered production in Southern states and led to huge demand across much of the country.Minnesotans largely made it through last week’s cold snap with their gas service uninterrupted. Boilers and furnaces ran full tilt to chase away the negative double-digit chill. But the state’s big energy companies, Xcel and Centerpoint, told regulators Tuesday...…State utility regulators are investigating how the big spike in natural gas prices last week could affect customers in Minnesota. Wholesale prices in many parts of the country rocketed to around 100 times normal as unusually low temperatures both hampered production in Southern states and led to huge demand across much of the country.Minnesotans largely made it through last week’s cold snap with their gas service uninterrupted. Boilers and furnaces ran full tilt to chase away the negative double-digit chill. But the state’s big energy companies, Xcel and Centerpoint, told regulators Tuesday...WW…

The pandemic economy that’s been a boon to companies such as Amazon and Zoom has been awful for Ather Jameel. He owns I Grill, an Indian restaurant in an office building near Minneapolis City Hall.As soon as it opened in 2016, lunch hour crowds followed the smell of curry and masala through the skyway bridges and lined up dozens deep in the lobby. But when COVID-19 arrived, those crowds vanished.“There’s hardly anybody in the skyway during lunch. So I can’t have that much of a staff to open the food line.”Jameel needs at least 100 customers a day just to cover overhead. Last March, with...…The pandemic economy that’s been a boon to companies such as Amazon and Zoom has been awful for Ather Jameel. He owns I Grill, an Indian restaurant in an office building near Minneapolis City Hall.As soon as it opened in 2016, lunch hour crowds followed the smell of curry and masala through the skyway bridges and lined up dozens deep in the lobby. But when COVID-19 arrived, those crowds vanished.“There’s hardly anybody in the skyway during lunch. So I can’t have that much of a staff to open the food line.”Jameel needs at least 100 customers a day just to cover overhead. Last March, with...WW…

Federal authorities have anti-government extremist movement in connection with violence in Minneapolis following .A federal criminal complaint alleges Ivan Harrison Hunter, 26, of Boerne, Texas, was identified as the person in a May 28 video shooting 13 rounds from an “AK-47 style semiautomatic rifle” into the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct building.Authorities say the shooter walked toward the camera, high-fived another person and yelled "Justice for Floyd!" Investigators say he was wearing a distinctive skull mask they later saw in a photo on Hunter's Facebook page.The at...…Federal authorities have anti-government extremist movement in connection with violence in Minneapolis following .A federal criminal complaint alleges Ivan Harrison Hunter, 26, of Boerne, Texas, was identified as the person in a May 28 video shooting 13 rounds from an “AK-47 style semiautomatic rifle” into the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct building.Authorities say the shooter walked toward the camera, high-fived another person and yelled "Justice for Floyd!" Investigators say he was wearing a distinctive skull mask they later saw in a photo on Hunter's Facebook page.The at...WW…

After months of closed federal courtrooms in Minnesota due to COVID-19, federal jury trials are set to resume on Monday.The last time a defendant faced a federal jury in Minnesota was in early February, when jurors convicted 50-year-old Dwight Frederick Barnes of distributing methamphetamine. Monday’s case, in which Cristino Martinez Padilla faces methamphetamine charges, will unfold with a range of safety precautions in a St. Paul courtroom. Plexiglass panels have been erected between juror seats, and potential jurors have been screened for health risks."If they have underlying...…After months of closed federal courtrooms in Minnesota due to COVID-19, federal jury trials are set to resume on Monday.The last time a defendant faced a federal jury in Minnesota was in early February, when jurors convicted 50-year-old Dwight Frederick Barnes of distributing methamphetamine. Monday’s case, in which Cristino Martinez Padilla faces methamphetamine charges, will unfold with a range of safety precautions in a St. Paul courtroom. Plexiglass panels have been erected between juror seats, and potential jurors have been screened for health risks."If they have underlying...WW…