Share This Story The area surrounding the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus suffered a rash of violent robberies in the last few days, and the suspects may have been connected to an auto theft spree in another part of the city over the weekend. Several reports surfaced early evening on Sunday of an apparent auto theft spree in Northeast Minneapolis where a group or groups of males were stealing and ransacking vehicles in the area of 23rd and University Avenue NE and on an adjacent block near 19th Avenue NE and 3rd Street NE, according to police scanner audio. One witness said one of t ..read more

Share This Story (The College Fix) — A proposed University of Minnesota policy would require scholars to obtain permission from Native American groups when doing research involving their cultures. However, an anthropologist has concerns about the proposal. The policy proposed by Karen Diver, senior advisor to the president for the Office of Native American Affairs, also would require researchers to complete a training module before conducting research related to indigenous lands, tribes, or cultures. The Faculty Senate is expected to consider the policy at its meeting Thursday,  ..read more

Share This Story (Daily Caller News Foundation) — Former President Donald Trump received polling bumps against President Joe Biden in the battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in a survey released Wednesday. Trump’s advantage grew in Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina since March, while he is now leading in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to the latest Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll. The former president’s lead in Georgia remained the same, and his margin across all seven battleground states including Michigan also grew to ..read more

Share This Story Minnesota Senate Republicans filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, whose arrest this week on burglary charges has upended the legislative session that is scheduled to run for another month. Mitchell, a first-term senator from Woodbury, was not present in the Senate chambers Wednesday as Sen. Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, made a motion to compel the Senate Rules committee to immediately initiate proceedings related to the ethics complaint. According to Lucero, the Rules Committee typically has 30 days to begin an investigation. “Do not let t ..read more

Share This Story (The Washington Free Beacon) — Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), and Summer Lee (Pa.) posed for photos with a fundraiser last week who has spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and founded a Facebook group where Hamas terrorists are praised. The far-left “Squad” members appeared alongside Maher Abdel-qader at an April Arab American Heritage and Culture Month ceremony hosted by the Arab America Foundation and moderated by Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. The Democrats’ coziness with Abdel-qader comes despite his past ..read more

Share This Story Congressional candidate Joe Teirab will run in the August GOP primary election for Minnesota’s Second Congressional District regardless of who wins the Republican endorsement for the seat. A former U.S. Marine and federal prosecutor, Teirab is running against defense attorney Tayler Rahm to be the south metro district’s Republican candidate. In an email to supporters, Teirab stated that he will still fight to win the GOP endorsement, but will run in the Republican primary election even if he fails to win the endorsement. Teirab had previously said he would abide by the GOP end ..read more

Share This Story (Daily Caller News Foundation) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it is routing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize “low-income solar programs” in some of America’s least-sunny places. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the sixty applicants receiving a cumulative $7 billion from the agency’s “Solar for All” program, a list which includes government agencies or other entities located in some of America’s least-sunny states, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The funding comes from the EPA’s ..read more

Share This Story A man was injured in an officer-involved shooting in Woodbury, Minn., Monday morning following a standoff in which the suspect was reported to be armed and had barricaded himself in a vehicle. The activity began just before 9:30 a.m. when police were alerted to a vehicle with a stolen license plate in the parking lot near Target at 7200 Valley Creek Plaza. The vehicle was also reportedly connected to prior credit card fraud, according to dispatch audio. Squads approached the vehicle, which was confirmed to be unoccupied. Officers made a plan to box in the vehicle to impede it ..read more

Share This Story Nine people were arrested Tuesday morning in connection to an anti-Israel encampment that was set up overnight on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus. A social media post from the school’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society said the encampment was set up around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. “To this end, we have joined with the students of Columbia University — and the students of other universities nationwide — in establishing an encampment on our campus, an encampment that will remain in place until the administration of this university meets our demands,” t ..read more

Share This Story A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Minnesota district court accuses Democratic Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell of committing first-degree burglary in Becker County. The first-term Woodbury senator was arrested early Monday morning in Detroit Lakes after a homeowner reported a burglary. According to the complaint, officers arrived at a Detroit Lakes home after receiving a call that “somebody had broken into a residence.” Upon arriving at the residence, officers found the adult female who reported the incident, and that adult female said the suspect was in the basement, the pr ..read more