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After a 43-hour manhunt and intense search authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses. Vance Boelter, 57, now faces both federal and state charges in connection with the killings of Melissa Hortman and her husband,
A line of severe thunderstorms Monday brought several reports of tornadoes in Crow Wing and surrounding counties in north-central Minnesota. Severe weather in south-central Minnesota included
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The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, ending a nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
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Prosecutors say the man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in at least three other states.
The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the shootings, intending to inflict more carnage against those on his hitlist, a federal prosecutor said Monday.
Members of Congress are attending emergency security briefings after the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker.
Thompson said Boelter then went to the home of a state representative in Maple Grove, where video surveillance showed he rang the doorbell at 2:24 a.m. This lawmaker was on vacation and not home, Thompson said,
Joseph Thompson, acting U.S. attorney for the district of Minnesota, is expected to announce federal charges against Vance Luther Boelter later Monday.
Early Saturday morning, when a man dressed like a police officer knocked at the home of a Minnesota state legislator, marked the start of nearly 40 hours of violence and fear that swept through towns in an arc around Minneapolis.