Bob CollinsIf ever there was a slam-dunk case in which the 4th Amendment was clearly violated, it was the mass arrest and handcuffing of a group of middle school girls in San Bernardino, Calif., in 2013. For some reason the school board has continued to defend it and the sheriff’s deputy. Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals smacked it down again, just as a lower court had. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for September 2018
It’s not hard at all to see why a district court judge in St. Louis County threw the book at Brian Barthman of Hermantown more than a year ago. His criminal sexual conduct was particularly disgusting on many levels. Read more →
Even though he doesn’t seem suited for too many jobs, Brian Starr will probably get a full-time gig soon. Read more →
Look, if a Red Sox fan can give a baseball to a Yankees fan and find the joy in doing so, anything in the world is possible.
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Walt Straka, 98, is the only surviving member of the 194th Tank Battalion in Brainerd, who were ordered to the Philippines in September 1941, a few months before Pearl Harbor. They were the first tank unit in the Far East. Read more →
In its latest sexual harassment and abuse scandal, CBS Corporation said it ‘takes these allegations very seriously.’ As with so many corporations, that’s a lie. Read more →
‘My goal for doing this is just to make at least one person believe in magic again,’ Hope McAlister said. ‘You can physically see people light up as you start talking about it.’
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Oh, dear person who got a wrong number from a woman at a bar, you have united a small corner of the world. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
A father missed his son’s major league debut and first hit on Wednesday night in Toronto because he was making connections in Minneapolis. Read more →
Reynolds was filling in for Johnny Carson (ask your grandparents) one night when his guest, Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan asked if he’d pose. Paul Newman had already said ‘no.’ Read more →
The pilot and two medical staff were enroute to pick up a patient at night at Douglas County Hospital in deteriorating weather. But when the pilot couldn’t see the airport, he executed a procedure to go around and make another try. Read more →
There’s something about local politics that brings out the children in adults. In Waterloo, Iowa, Dwayne Eilers showed up to to speak at the public comment period of the Waterloo City Council meeting and almost got himself arrested for not taking off his hat. Read more →
Let there be a special place in hell for the people who kill a dog. Read more →