Daily Digest: Criminal charges and a call to disperse
Good morning. Here are some news items to occupy you as you start your Tuesday.
1. Some Minneapolis leaders, including Mayor Betsy Hodges and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, want Black Lives Matter protesters to break up their encampment outside the 4th precinct police headquarters. The protesters say no. Meanwhile, the people who allegedly shot five people near the protest last week are facing serious charges. (MPR News)
2. The plan to use a mix of public and private dollars to rebuild much of Rochester is running into a problem. How does the city attract young people to settle there? (MPR News)
3. President Obama told the climate change conference in Paris that the U.S. did a lot to create the problem and that it wants to help find a solution. (New York Times)
4. What? The secretary of state is a politician now? Since when? (Wall Street Journal)
5. University of Minnesota history professor Hy Berman died over the weekend. (Star Tribune)
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