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Police Say ‘Unusual Circumstances' Surround Jelani Day's Death
Calling the circumstances surrounding Day’s death “suspicious,” Bloomington Police public information officer John Fermon said the location where Day’s car was found before his body was discovered in the Illinois River days later was notable to investigating officers.
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Police Search For Driver Who Struck Woman at Indiana Protest
Police in a southern Indiana city are searching for two people who were in a car that struck a woman, knocking her unconscious, and dragged a man during a protest to demand arrests after a group of white men were caught on video assaulting a Black man at a nearby lake. Police officers responded to the collision around 9:30 p.m. Monday...
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Chief: Boy Thrown From Mall of America Balcony Being Treated
A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said Saturday. Bloomington police Chief Jeffrey Potts said during a news conference that the boy fell nearly 40 feet after a man who apparently didn’t know the boy or his family threw him off the balcony Friday....
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Child Thrown From 3rd Floor at Mall of America, Police Say
A 24-year-old man is in custody after he allegedly threw a 5-year-old child from the third floor of the Mall of America near Minneapolis.
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Child Hurt, Suspect Arrested in Mall of America Incident
A 5-year-old boy plummeted three floors Friday after being pushed or thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America, according to witnesses, and a 24-year-old man with a history of causing disturbances at the mall was in custody. Bloomington Police Chief Jeffrey Potts said police don’t think there is any relationship between the man and the family of the...
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Minnesota Mosque Explosion ‘Deeper and Scarier' Than Threats
The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they’re more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers. “We feel like it’s much deeper and scarier than like something random,” Mohamed Omar, the center’s...
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Mom Issues Emotional Plea on Anniversary of Lauren Spierer's Disappearance
The family of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer issued a heartfelt, emotional message on Friday, the five-year anniversary of her disappearance. “You can feel the anxiety build as June 3 approaches,” a post on the “Official Lauren Spierer Updates from Her Family” Facebook page begins. “The pall that surrounds every room in our home and the unspoken words between…
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FBI Assists Police in Missing Indiana Student Investigation
Federal authorities and Bloomington police are conducting investigative work in Morgan County connected to the 2011 disappearance of an Indiana University student.