A meatpacking company in southern Minnesota will pay a $2 million penalty after illegally employing children at its plant in St. James. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has signed a consent order with Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. The company employed at least 11 children between the ages of 14 and 17 between April 2021 and April 2023. Of those employees, nine worked after the hours allowed by state law. All 11 children also performed hazardous work at the plant, including working near chemicals and other hazardous substances, operating power-driven machinery, and operating nonautomatic elevators, lifts, and hoisting machines.
Stewartville High School shooter identified
(KWNO)-The Olmstead County Sheriff's Office has identified 19-year-old Logan Moyer as the shooter in Friday's attack in the parking lot at Stewartville High School. An SHS student-athlete was shot while the wrestling team was boarding a bus early Fri...
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A St. Paul rabbi's son survived the Brown University shooting. Then came the Australia Hanukkah attack
Mount Zion Temple Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker was focusing on the safety of his son, who was in the Brown University building where a mass shooting unfolded. He then had to turn his attention to his congregation's safety.
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Casino plans for Mets ballpark, golf course Trump once ran awarded gambling licenses
The New York Mets’ ballpark, a Bronx golf course once operated by President Donald Trump’s company and a slot parlor near John F. Kennedy International Airport will be the sites of New York City’s first Las Vegas-style resort casino...
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Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move
Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house.
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