🌱 New Federal Plan To Curb Twin Cities Crime + Patrol Horse Dies

Good morning, Minneapolis! Thanks for reading Patch's five-minute guide to today's local stories.

First, today's weather: Sun through high clouds. High: 59 Low: 44.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. New U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced a new federal plan Tuesday to curb crime in the Twin Cities metro area. Luger said carjackings in Minnesota will now be charged as a federal crime, in addition to other violent crimes. (KARE11)

2. The Supreme Court is planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a leaked draft ruling reported by Politico. Abortion would remain legal in Minnesota even if the ruling goes forward. State Democrats voiced their support for abortion rights Tuesday. “Health care decisions should be between a woman and her doctor, not Ted Cruz,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar tweeted. (Patch)

3. Two people were hospitalized Monday night after a house fire in the Prospect Park neighborhood, fire officials said. The fire was reported around 11 p.m. in the 100 block of Cecil Street Southeast. The cause is still being determined. (CBS)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Can Can Wonderland host a “Star Wars” theme night: “May the 4th Be With You.” (4 p.m.)
• Wednesday Date Night at Day Block Brewing Company. (6 p.m.)
• Join Hennepin County Public Library for a virtual gathering of poetry lovers (6:30 p.m.) or the BIPOC “Writer to Writer” series. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A 2 year old from South Dakota is awaiting a life-saving liver transplant in the Twin Cities. (KARE11)
• The Minneapolis Park Board will host a public hearing tonight to discuss potential names for the new park at 2905 4th St. Southeast. (Patch)
• The Minneapolis mounted patrol is mourning the loss of its horse Cabo, who died of colic last week. The horse was 24 years old and joined the patrol in 2009. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for another Daily.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

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