Mary Moriarty, Dawanna Witt sworn in as Hennepin County's new attorney, sheriff

Hennepin County officials hosted a groundbreaking swearing-in ceremony Tuesday for its new top prosecutor and sheriff elected to lead the state's largest county at a time of mounting violent crime and calls for transformative change. Mary Moriarty and Dawanna Witt took their oaths of office inside the Hennepin County Board Room crowded with family and supporters celebrating the historic occasion. Moriarty is the first openly gay chief county attorney and Witt is the first Black woman elected sheriff in Minnesota. Sheriff's deputies made up the majority of the crowd that...