Minnesota

"Looking For Someone To Kill": Man Jailed For Throwing Boy Off Balcony

World News | Reis Thebault, The Washington Post | Tuesday June 4, 2019

The man who walked into the Mall of America in Minnesota "looking for someone to kill" and then threw a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony was sentenced on Monday to nearly 20 years in prison.

US Man Gets 19 Years For Throwing 5-Year-Old Off Third Floor Mall Balcony

World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 4, 2019

A man who admitted hurling a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony at Minnesota's Mall of America was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Monday.

Boy Thrown Off US Mall Balcony Now "Alert And Conscious"

World News | Reuters | Sunday April 28, 2019

The 5-year-old boy thrown off a third-floor balcony at Minnesota's Mall of America by a stranger is no longer in critical condition, said his family, who hopes he will be home by June.

US Student Sues Chinese Billionaire With Allegation Of Rape

World News | Reuters | Wednesday April 17, 2019

A University of Minnesota student who said she was raped last August by Richard Liu, the chief executive officer of China's e-commerce retailer JD.com Inc, filed a civil lawsuit against him in a Minneapolis court on Tuesday, nearly four months after prosecutors declined to press criminal charges.

US Man Arrested For Pushing 5-Year-Old From Third Floor Of Mall: Police

World News | Reuters | Saturday April 13, 2019

A 5-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries on Friday after being thrown or pushed by an apparent stranger from a third-floor balcony at Minnesota's Mall of America, and a man who fled the scene has been charged with attempted homicide, police said.

Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Muslim US Lawmaker Ilhan Omar

World News | Reuters | Sunday April 7, 2019

A 55-year-old New York man has been arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a Muslim U.S. Congress member from Minnesota, federal prosecutors said.

Faulty 737 Sensor From Lion Air Crash Linked To US Repair Shop

World News | Alan Levin and Harry Suhartono, Bloomberg | Wednesday April 3, 2019

A faulty sensor on a Lion Air 737 Max that's been linked to the jetliner's deadly crash last October and a harrowing ride the previous day was repaired in a US aircraft maintenance facility before the tragedy, according to investigative documents.

Facebook Says Media Project in US Hindered by Lack of Local News

Associated Press | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Facebook said it would share its research with academics at Duke, Harvard, Minnesota, and North Carolina who are studying the extent of news deserts created by newspaper closures and staff downsizing.

Dangerous Deep Freeze Hits US Midwest, Low Of Minus 60 Degrees Forecast

World News | Katie Mettler, Christopher Ingraham, Samantha Schmidt, Angela Fritz, The Washington Post | Wednesday January 30, 2019

Polar vortex: Nearly 90 million people are likely to experience temperatures at or below zero in the Midwest and New England, according to the National Weather Service; 25 million of them will face temperatures below minus-20 - dips that when combined with wind can cause frostbite in a matter of minutes.

3 Dead In US Winter Storm; 500 Flights Canceled, 5,700 Delays On Friday

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday December 29, 2018

At least three deaths were attributed to severe weather in the US as heavy snow and high winds snarled air and ground transportation during a busy holiday travel period.

JD.com CEO Will Not Face Assault Charges in Minnesota

Reuters | Monday December 24, 2018

Minnesota prosecutors will not charge the billionaire chief executive officer of China's JD.com, Richard Liu, after he was accused of rape by a University of Minnesota student during a recent US visit.

Student, 21, Alleges Chinese Billionaire Lured Her To Dinner, Raped Her

World News | Selina Wang and David Ramli, Bloomberg | Saturday December 1, 2018

It was a Thursday evening in late August and a crowd had gathered at the Origami sushi restaurant in Minneapolis. One guest, a 21-year-old female Chinese undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, was initially expecting a dinner in honor of volunteers like herself.

Termites In Brazil Built Millions Of Huge Mounds, The Size Of Minnesota

Science | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Tuesday November 20, 2018

In northeastern Brazil, in a forest so dry that the trees blanch bone-white, termites have been busy at work for millennia. The only external signs of their labor are dirt mounds, garbage dumps from their underground excavations. Dirt and garbage normally inspire as much awe as toenail clippings - but these are truly marvelous slag piles. The conic...

Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 7, 2018

A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...

Two Muslim Women Hope To Enter US Congress In Midterm Polls

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 31, 2018

US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US House of Representatives in a heavily-Democratic district in the Midwestern state of Min...