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Star Tribune

Newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Jan 11, 2026
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Jonathan Ross ice agent excessive force complaints

The ICE agent identified as Jonathan Ross has become the focal point of contested excessive-force allegations after he fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis; his record includes a high-profile...

Jan 24, 2026
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who has custody of rene goods children

-claims-january-2026">Renee Nicole Good was the mother of three children; reporting indicates her two older children (approximately 14 and 12) are living with their biological father, while her younge...

Jan 13, 2026
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What reputable fact‑checks have examined Ilhan Omar’s marital history and what evidence did they evaluate?

Multiple reputable fact‑checking outlets — including the Associated Press, Snopes, PolitiFact, Reuters and Africa Check — have investigated claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s marital history, repeatedly f...

Jan 18, 2026

Viking chase bathtub

A short viral clip shows a man in a Viking costume riding a wheeled bathtub down a Minnesota street, and online reaction quickly turned the stunt into a punchline about immigration enforcement; the on...

Dec 3, 2025

Did jack polanski claim to be able to grow womens breasts

Zack Polanski — now Green Party leader — faces renewed scrutiny over past hypnotherapy work after multiple outlets report he once offered to help women visualize larger breasts during sessions; The Su...

Jan 25, 2026

Did Renee good live in Minneapolis

Multiple credible contemporaneous reports, local officials and fact‑checking outlets say was a resident of at the time she was shot on January 7, 2026, though she had lived in other cities earlier — i...

Jan 23, 2026

Was Renee Good legally married to Becca Good and where was their marriage registered?

Public reporting indicates were partners but were not legally married, there is no published marriage certificate or marriage date tied to them, and some coverage conflated partnership with marriage e...

Jan 19, 2026

Did a black man help pull Jake lang out of a window sill at city hall to keep him from being attacked

No contemporary reporting reviewed confirms that “a Black man” pulled Jake Lang out of a window sill at Minneapolis City Hall to protect him; available accounts show Lang was confined in a recessed wi...

Jan 25, 2026

How have media outlets verified the allegations in Nick Shirley’s Minnesota daycare videos?

Mainstream newsrooms and local reporting have tested by cross-checking public payment records, visiting the day-care sites Shirley filmed, requesting state inspection and licensing records, and obtain...

Dec 15, 2025

Did Minnesota authorities find evidence of immigration fraud in Ilhan Omar’s marital history?

Available reporting shows federal and DHS officials — notably Border Czar Tom Homan — have said Omar is the subject of an inquiry into alleged marriage/immigration fraud, but independent fact‑checks a...

Jan 25, 2026

Number of undocumented immigrants in Minnesota

Estimates of ’s undocumented (unauthorized) population vary widely because researchers use different sources and adjustments; recent, widely cited work from the estimates about 130,000 as of 2023 , wh...

Jan 27, 2026

Has the family of Renee Good released any official statement about funeral arrangements since January 13, 2026?

As of the available reporting, the family of has not announced any official funeral arrangements since January 13, 2026; multiple outlets report that no funeral plans had been announced and that the f...

Jan 16, 2026

Which nonprofit grants and IRS filings document transfers to groups involved in Minneapolis anti‑ICE actions?

Reporting identifies several grantmakers and foundation grants that reporters and commentators link to organizations active in Minneapolis anti‑ICE actions, but the provided sources do not include ori...

Dec 8, 2025

What are the economic contributions of Minnesota's Somali community in taxes, businesses, and employment?

Somali Minnesotans are a large, long-established community concentrated in the Twin Cities that local officials and analysts say contribute substantially through work, entrepreneurship and consumer ac...

Dec 20, 2025

What evidence links Somali immigrants to specific fraud cases in Minnesota?

Documented court records and Justice Department filings tie specific Somali-named defendants to large fraud schemes in Minnesota — most notably the Feeding Our Future child-nutrition case in which mul...

Jan 17, 2026

What evidence did major fact-checkers cite to debunk the claim Ilhan Omar married her brother?

Major fact‑checking organizations rejected the claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother by pointing to the lack of primary documentary or biological evidence tying Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to Omar as...

Jan 17, 2026

What do local Minneapolis reports say about when the Goods first moved into their Powderhorn neighborhood and who their neighbors were?

Local Minneapolis reporting says the Goods arrived in Powderhorn in March 2025 after leaving Missouri in December 2024, and that they “had just moved” into the Powderhorn neighborhood on the city’s di...

Dec 9, 2025

What is known about Ilhan Omar's parents, siblings, and extended family relationships?

Ilhan Omar was born in Somalia and is the youngest of seven children; her family fled the Somali civil war and settled in Minneapolis in the 1990s . Longrunning allegations that she married a brother ...

Jan 26, 2026

What court records are publicly available about custody arrangements in Renee Good’s family?

Publicly available court records directly tied to ’s custody arrangements are limited: reporting and public-record searches show a to her first husband for two older children and a , while multiple fa...

Dec 12, 2025

Which celebrities have publicly addressed rumors about their penis size?

Several public lists and entertainment stories identify dozens of celebrities who have at one time addressed—or been the subject of—public talk about their penis size, including Pete Davidson, Jon Ham...