Somalis and Latinos rallied in Minneapolis to protest the bank's donations to anti-immigrant lawmakers and investments in for-profit prisons that detain immigrants.
The man was on a railroad bridge support pillar.
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The victims involved a 39-year-old man and two 74-year-old men.
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The man only fell a few feet, but suffered a serious leg injury.
Reid Oftedahl suffered a head and neck injury.
The huge surplus comes as the DFL prepares to assume a trifecta of the Legislature and the Governor's House.
The main break caused significant flooding in an area of North Minneapolis Monday evening.
A strike was scheduled to start on Dec. 11 if a deal was not reached.
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It happened on the same night a man was fatally shot by police in the nearby Dayton's Bluff neighborhood.
About 200 demonstrators, chanting 'Banks got bailed out, we got sold out,' marched from the Hennepin County Government Center plaza to Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Minneapolis today.
Immigration officials say they won’t move to deport a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was arrested in Minnesota for driving without a valid license on Friday, the Washington Post reports. Jose Antonio Vargas drew national attention last year when he revealed that he’s an illegal immigrant. He had been driving to Carleton College in Northfield on Friday to speak at an event, but never made it because he was detained by a trooper who pulled him over for having headphones on while driving.
Illinois Democrat Richard Durbin has sent a letter to the CEO of Wells Fargo asking why the bank is charging customers in some states $3 a month to use their debit cards.
In Minnesota, as nationally, new Asian immigrants outnumber Hispanics for the first time. A big draw: jobs.
The Atlanta-based airline says the Twin Cities is a key part of its operations. Delta's senior vice president of Minnesota operations told the Star Tribune the airline is investing more than $3 million in new equipment at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Delta already employs 12,000 people in Minnesota and plans to add 400 positions in June.
Wells Fargo announced it is canceling a proposed monthly fee of $3 for debit card users. The bank, which controls 36% of Twin Cities banking transactions, made the decision after receiving negative customer feedback.
The demonstration shut down traffic for about an hour Thursday afternoon. Minneapolis police arrested the activists for 'creating a public nuisance.' The protesters marched to the bridge to celebrate the two-month anniversary of the anti-Wall Street movement.
The crackdown comes just a few weeks after President Obama's administration announced a new focus on deporting the most serious criminal immigrants.
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