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North Star Stories: Voices from Where We Live is comprised of a weekly 30-minute magazine-style newscast and daily, five-minute headlines segments that shine a spotlight on the stories and perspectives of Minnesota’s diverse communities, including Black, Latine, Asian American, East African individuals, people living with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ residents, laborers, veterans, and those from Greater Minnesota.
INTRO: YOU ARE LISTENING TO NORTH STAR STORIES: VOICES FROM WHERE WE LIVE, A DAILY NEWSCAST ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN MINNESOTA.
XAN HOLSTON: WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
REPRESENTATIVE JESSICA HANSON: WHY DOES THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD WANT TO PROTECT A FEATURE THAT MAKES CHILDREN NAKED?
THAT QUESTION IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF A FIRST AMENDMENT FIGHT BETWEEN MINNESOTA AND ELON MUSK’S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY... X-A-I...
A FEDERAL JUDGE REFUSED MUSK'S EMERGENCY BID TO STOP THE STATE’S NEW LAW BANNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ..OR A-I NUDIFICATION TOOLS... TOOK EFFECT SATURDAY...
X-A-I SUED THE STATE IN FEDERAL COURT LATE LAST WEEK … SAYING THE BAN INFRINGES ON ITS FIRST-AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THE TECHNOLOGY CAN TURN ORDINARY PHOTOS OF PEOPLE INTO FAKE, NAKED IMAGES … WITHOUT THE PERSON’S CONSENT … CHILDREN ARE FREQUENTLY THE VICTIMS.
SURVIVOR AND ADVOCATE MOLLY KELLEY SAYS THAT DAMAGE CAN FOLLOW CHILDREN FOR LIFE.
MOLLY KELLEY: FOR KIDS, THESE IMAGES CREATE A PERMANENT RECORD OF HUMILIATION
XAN HOLSTON: THE FIRST-IN-THE-NATION LAW APPLIES TO OPERATORS OF WEBSITES... APPS... AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ALLOW ‘NUDIFICATION’ ... WITH CIVIL PENALTIES UP TO 500-THOUSAND-DOLLARS PER VIOLATION..
X-A-I SUED... ARGUING THE LAW IS TOO BROAD AND VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT ..
BUT... THE JUDGE NOTED THE COMPANY WAITED NEARLY THREE MONTHS AFTER THE LAW WAS SIGNED... THEN SOUGHT ‘EMERGENCY’ RELIEF JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE IT TOOK EFFECT.
A HEARING IS SET FOR AUGUST 19th.
BLAINE POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED 22-PEOPLE AFTER THEY SHOWED UP TO PAY FOR SEX WITH SOMEONE THEY BELIEVED WAS A CHILD…
THE NORTH-METRO DEPARTMENT SAYS INVESTIGATORS POSED ONLINE AS UNDERAGE YOUTH DURING A TWO-DAY UNDERCOVER INTERNET SEX STING.
POLICE SAY AN UNDERAGE FEMALE PROFILE EXCHANGED TEXTS WITH MORE THAN 460 PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO AN ONLINE AD.
OF THE 460...THE 22-PEOPLE WHO THEN SHOWED UP TO A MEETING LOCATION WERE ARRESTED.
CYBERATTACKS FIRST REPORTED AT MORE THAN 30 MINNESOTA WATER SYSTEMS ARE NOW PART OF AN INVESTIGATION SPANNING AT LEAST SEVEN STATES.
THE FBI SAYS HACKERS BROKE INTO INTERNET-CONNECTED EQUIPMENT… DISRUPTING OPERATIONS AT SOME UTILITIES.
MICHIGAN SAYS NINE SYSTEMS WERE HIT… AND GEORGIA HAS ALSO REPORTED CASES.
OFFICIALS REPORT NO KNOWN THREAT TO DRINKING WATER.
POSSIBLE IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION… BUT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.
NEW COURT RECORDS PUT THE OWNER OF LUTSEN RESORT’S HISTORIC LODGE AT THE PROPERTY JUST MINUTES BEFORE IT BURNED.
PROSECUTORS ALLEGE OWNER BRYCE CAMPBELL SET THE 2024 FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE NORTH SHORE LANDMARK ... THEN FILED A 16-AND-A-HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR INSURANCE CLAIM.
THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE REPORTS NEWLY UNSEALED RECORDS IT REVIEWED SHOW CAMPBELL INITIALLY TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE HAD NOT BEEN AT THE LODGE.... THEN.. LATER ... ACKNOWLEDGED STOPPING THERE.
VIDEO ALLEGEDLY SHOWS HIM LEAVING ABOUT THREE MINUTES BEFORE FIRE ALARMS SOUNDED.
THE RECORDS ALSO DETAIL BANK DEFAULTS AND PAYROLL TROUBLE.
CAMPBELL IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ARSON AND INSURANCE FRAUD. HE DENIES SETTING THE FIRE. NO TRIAL DATE IS SET.
THE MAN WHO ASSASSINATED FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN IS DUE IN STATE COURT TODAY... LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT TO TWO LIFE SENTENCES PLUS 40 YEARS.
VANCE BOELTER FACES STATE CHARGES... INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER … AND FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER.
A STATE CONVICTION COULD KEEP HIM IMPRISONED EVEN IF A PRESIDENT PARDONED HIS FEDERAL SENTENCE.
THE STATE CASE COULD ALSO BRING OUT MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE ATTACKS.
THE ROCHESTER WOMAN CONVICTED AFTER A VIRAL RACIST CONFRONTATION AT A CITY PARK IS APPEALING.
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW SHILOH HENDRIX’S ATTORNEY HAS ASKED THE MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS TO REVIEW THE CASE.
AN OLMSTED COUNTY JURY FOUND SHILOH HENDRIX GUILTY LAST MONTH OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR HER VERBAL ATTACK ON THE MAN RECORDING THE VIDEO.
THE SAME JURY ACQUITTED HER OF A SECOND COUNT INVOLVING A BLACK AUTISTIC CHILD.
NEW MINNESOTA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS ARE NOW ON THE BOOKS..
SUPPORTERS SAY THE LAWS WILL CLOSE GAPS THAT LEFT SURVIVORS AT RISK.
ONE CHANGE GIVES POLICE MORE TIME TO ARREST A DOMESTIC ABUSE SUSPECT WHO LEAVES BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVE.
SEN. BONNIE WESTLIN: TC 11:25–11:38 (13S) “EXPANDING THE WINDOW FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE ARRESTS BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE IN NON-FELONY DOMESTIC ABUSE CASES FROM JUST 72 HOURS … TO 14 DAYS
XAN HOLSTON: THE NEW LAWS ALSO TIGHTEN FIREARM SURRENDER RULES TO ENSURE ALL GUNS ARE SURRENDERED IF THAT’S PART OF A COURT ORDER.
THE PACKAGE ALSO ADDS NEW DOMESTIC-ABUSE DATA REPORTING… VICTIM NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS… AND CREATES A TASK FORCE TO RECOMMEND MORE CHANGES.
IN THIEF RIVER FALLS... ALL CHILDREN UNDER 18-YEARS-OLD CAN ENJOY A FREE SCHOOL LUNCH UNTIL AUGUST 18th.
THE NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA DISTRICT EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO EVERY CHILD 18 OR YOUNGER .. REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL.
MENUS AND INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES,... I’M XAN HOLSTON.
OUTRO: NORTH STAR STORIES IS PRODUCED BY AMPERS, DIVERSE RADIO FOR MINNESOTA'S COMMUNITIES WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. ONLINE AT AMPERS DOT ORG.