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A family of three sit down for prayer at Sri Saibaba Mandir in Chaska on Oct. 2. Nicole Ki | MPR News

A pair of weekend shootings at Minneapolis homeless encampments result in deaths and injuries. On Sunday, two people were killed on the city’s south side.

The Borealis route is Amtrak’s second daily train from St. Paul to Chicago and hit a ridership milestone on Oct. 24.

Calvin Boswell, 35, and Mario Jackson, 41, both spent more than 10 years in prison. Now they’re looking forward to casting their first-ever vote in a presidential election on Nov. 5.

The department issued the guidance after 35-year-old Calvin Boswell told MPR News that his supervisor at the Minneapolis work release program, Life

Among the firsts and would-be firsts were the first woman-majority elected into Minnesota’s delegation to the U.S. House and the missed opportunity to have the state’s first woman governor.

A Minnesota Department of Corrections report says the county jail failed to complete mandatory wellness checks and have appropriate staffing on multiple occasions.

Caitlin Angelica inside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis before delivering her impact statement during a hearing on Tuesday. Angelica’s partner, 35-year-old August Golden, was shot and killed during a mass shooting at a house show in south Minneapolis on Aug. 11, 2023. Ben Hovland | MPR News

University of Minnesota grad student Taher Herzallah speaks at a rally demanding accountability from university leadership to work towards divestment after an agreement was reached with UMN Divest on May 2. Herzallah’s family is from Gaza, and he said he has lost nine family members due to the violence since October 2023. Tom Baker | MPR News

A Minneapolis Federation of Teachers subgroup, “Educators for Palestine,” is set to host a 3-hour event on Friday with anti-Zionist speaker Taher Herzallah.