Minneapolis man admits stealing at least $3.8 million from pandemic programs
Tezzaree El-Amin Champion agreed to a plea agreement Wednesday morning in federal court, admitting his role in two separate ...
Judge orders Feeding Our Future defendant jailed over witness tampering accusations
According to court records, a judge revoked the pre-trial release for 30-year-old Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir for his alleged ...
COVID vaccine provided some protection this winter, estimates suggest
Few Minnesotans sought the COVID-19 vaccine to reduce their infection risks this winter, but at least the shots offered some ...
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Judge restricts defendants after witness tampering allegations surface in Minnesota food fraud case
A federal judge has ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a pandemic fraud ... from her courtroom ...
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is running for re-election in 2025
Frey served on the City Council from 2013 until he was elected mayor in 2017, and was in the job for two years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck and Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in 2020.
'Aimee Bock was a god': Former Feeding Our Future director implicated in alleged shakedown attempt
Hanna Marekegn testified that Bock gave Minneapolis' East African community "the American Dream life" by enabling $250 ...
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Learn COVID pandemic lessons — before it’s too late
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public weariness and irresponsible politics are hampering an effective ...
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Jury selection to begin for alleged ringleader of $250m pandemic fraud scheme in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of the alleged ringleader of a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program ...