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The DOJ is dropping charges against Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero, who ICE agents shot at in St. Paul in December.
The ICE agents claimed Rodriguez Romero tried to hit them with his car, but the agents' stories didn't add up — and now the DOJ is dropping charges for lack of evidence.
The DOJ has dropped assault charges against Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero, who was accused of ramming immigration agents with his car.
An ICE agent fired multiple shots into Rodriguez Romero's car during the incident.
Amy Klobuchar committed to putting Minnesota “on a path to build” at least 100,000 new homes if she’s elected governor in November. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/08/k...
These are the facts most everyone agrees on: Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero pulled out of his apartment complex to start a DoorDash shift on the icy roads of St. Paul four days before Christmas, during ...
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Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero, a St. Paul man who immigration agents shot at on Dec. 21. The agents on the scene and the Department of Homeland Security accu...
Nearly all Minnesota autism service providers applied for licenses under new requirement minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/10/n...
A hastily constructed immigrant detention facility on a military base in Texas wasted millions in federal funding and failed to meet basic standards, according to a report released Tuesday by a nonpartisan government watchdog. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/09/r...
Whoops, wrong link. That's our story from May about the case. Here's the link to today's story about the DOJ dropping the charges.
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Some members of Congress are pushing to make people accused of carjackings easier to convict. Critics say the changes would put more young people in prison for longer without actually reducing carjackings. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/10/r...
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@newhampshirebulletin.com reporter @willskipworth.bsky.social has won the prestigious 2026 Livingston Award for local reporting, @umwallacehouse.bsky.social and @umich.edu announced today.
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WASHINGTON — A hastily constructed immigrant detention facility on a military base in Texas wasted millions in federal funding and failed to meet basic standards, according to a report released Tuesda...
Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero, a St. Paul man who immigration agents shot at on Dec. 21. The agents on the scene and the Department of Homeland Security accu...
William Skipworth, a staff reporter for the New Hampshire Bulletin since January 2025, has won this year’s Livingston Award for Local Reporting for his series on abuse and neglect in the state’s disab...
The vast majority of Minnesota’s autism service providers have applied for provisional licenses under a new law aimed at bringing greater oversight to a Medicaid-funded program that in recent years ha...
People younger than 25 make up most of the carjackers, causing advocates and Democratic legislators to argue that a lower threshold for proving carjackings could result in many young adults, especiall...
The recent discovery of a Texas calf infected with screwworm — a devastating, flesh-eating insect that hadn’t been seen in the United States since 1966 — has underscored the need for more rigorous hea...