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Claremont School Moderator Tracy Pope, left, waves goodbye to Judy Couture, second from right, and Paul Couture, right, as they are called in to cast absentee ballots at the city clerk's office in Claremont, N.H., on Monday, March, 13, 2023, as other residents line up to vote and pay their taxes. Pope, who also cast an absentee ballot, said she consulted with the school, police and city clerk

The City of Minneapolis reached settlements on April 13 in two civil lawsuits filed by victims of police brutality at the hands of former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of the murder of George Floyd on April 20, 2021, almost two years to the day of the conviction. The city council approved a settlement of $7.5 million in a civil suit filed by John Pope, and $1.375 million in the

One sheriff's deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota that also killed the suspect in a domestic assault call Saturday night. Pope County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Owen died at the hospital after the shooting, which happened around 7:30 p.m. at an apartment in Cyrus, authorities said. Another deputy and a

The city of Minneapolis has reached settlements totaling more than $8.8 million in two civil lawsuits that accuse former police officer Derek Chauvin of using excessive force in two incidents that happened nearly three years before he killed George Floyd during an arrest. The plaintiffs, John Pope and Zoya Code – both Black – said Chauvin restrained them on the ground with his knee on their