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FILE - Cars drive past the Minneapolis City Hall on June 28, 2023, in Minnesota. While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday, June 28, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ballot this fall. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed, File)

With Muslim members away for Eid, Minneapolis City Council kills rent control measure

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New York City Police Department officers stand in formation after arresting multiple protesters marching after curfew on Fifth Avenue on June 4, 2020, in New York, following the death of George Floyd. The third anniversary of Floyd’s murder is Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

George Floyd death anniversary: Reckoning with police violence in limbo

By Aaron Morrison and Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Dan and Tanya Snyder, co-owner and co-CEOs of the Washington Commanders, pose for photos after unveiling their NFL football team's new identity, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. Dan Snyder has an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson for a North American professional sports team record $6.05 billion. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Dan, Tanya Snyder skip NFL meetings as Josh Harris deal ‘little ways away’ from league approval

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin gives interviews at the DFL election night party at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Martin says the Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out over nominations for a Minneapolis City Council seat. At least two people were injured in a confrontation, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

After convention chaos, Minnesota DFL committee gives initial nod to ban those engaged in violence

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R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Minnesota prosecutors dropped sex abuse charges on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly that alleged he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 and paid her $200 to dance naked with him. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Minnesota prosecutors drop state sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly, citing federal convictions

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse on June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday, April 17, 2023 upheld his second-degree murder conviction for the killing of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Yusuf Abdulle, standing, director of the Islamic Association of North America, prays with fellow Muslims at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, Thursday, April 14, 2023, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) **FILE**

Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big U.S. city

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison delivers a speech after being sworn in during his inauguration for his second term, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) **FILE**

Blaming the car? Minnesota AG Ellison targets Kia, Hyundai over rising auto thefts

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Iowa hoists the trophy after defeating Ohio State at an NCAA college basketball championship game at the Big Ten women's tournament Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Clark gets triple-double as Iowa blows out Ohio State for Big Ten women’s title

By Dave Campbell - Associated Press

Protesters gather calling for justice for George Floyd on May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis. More than two years after George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police, the city is struggling to rebuild its police department after hundreds of officers quit the force. An informational meeting for potential recruits attended by The Associated Press offers a glimpse of the challenges in restoring a force down by one-third at one point. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP, file)

Minneapolis, city where George Floyd was killed, struggles to recruit cops

By Trisha Ahmed - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks to the media June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, with the prosecution team, after Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin to 22 1/2 years in prison, for the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

In Minnesota, abortion issue is key to Keith Ellison’s 2nd term hopes

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Teachers Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Woke Minneapolis school system ramps up discrimination

By AK Kamara

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar waves to passersby for support during a voter engagement event on the corner of Broadway and Central Avenues in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Omar faces a primary challenge from former city council member Don Samuels. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Pro-police Democrat nearly wipes out Ilhan Omar in Minnesota primary

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Minneapolis police officers leave the scene before a vigil for 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg was held Thursday, July 14, 2022, outside the apartment building where he was killed by police in Minneapolis. In a city where mistrust of police runs high, some activists are questioning why officers shot and killed Sundberg, a Black man, last week following a six-hour standoff that may have begun with a mental health crisis. Police have not said exactly what prompted two snipers to shoot and kill Sundberg, and body-camera video has not yet been released. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Wealthy neighborhood in Minneapolis is crowdfunding its own security

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A protester demonstrates in front of a Planned Parenthood, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Saint Paul, Minn. A court ruling that struck down most of Minnesota's restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional will speed the process for clinics and patients, though providers are still studying all the implications of how the landscape will change as a result.(AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota abortion ruling to speed process for clinics, patients

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

FILE - Katie Bryant, Daunte Wright's mother, is surrounded by community members and activists at the apartment building where activists say Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu lives after former officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Minneapolis. The suburban Minneapolis city has agreed to pay $3.2 million to the family of Daunte Wright, a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer who said she confused her gun for her Taser. The tentative settlement also includes changes in police policies and training involving traffic stops like the one that resulted in Wright's death, according to a statement Tuesday, June 21, 2022 from attorneys representing Wright's family. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri, File)

$3.2M settlement reached in police killing of Daunte Wright

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FILE - The family of Daunte Wright gathers on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death, May 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. A candlelight vigil to honor Floyd's memory at the intersection where he died was among the remembrances scheduled for Wednesday's second anniversary of the Black man's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa, File)

Court rules Minneapolis mayor failed to hire more police

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Community members lay flowers down near gravestone markers at the 'Say Their Names' cemetery Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Minneapolis. The intersection where George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers was renamed in his honor Wednesday, among a series of events to remember a man whose killing forced America to confront racial injustice. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

Judge delays trial of 2 ex-cops in Floyd killing until 2023

By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti - Associated Press

A member of the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center recites the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. The adhan exhorts men to go to the closest mosque five times a day for prayer, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Abubakar, which hosts some 1,000 men for Friday midday prayers, plans to hold meetings with neighbors before publicly broadcasting publicly the call this summer. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Muslim call to prayer arrives to Minneapolis soundscape

By Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press

Minnesota Twins' Jorge Polanco hits a two-run home run against the Kansas City Royals during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, May 27, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Polanco, Correa power Twins past struggling Royals 10-7

By Paul Hodowanic - Associated Press