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How Minnesota’s football team turned an unspeakable tragedy into a lifelong promise | CNN Sports

How Minnesota’s football team turned an unspeakable tragedy into a lifelong promise | CNN

In August 2025, when a shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis claimed the life of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkle, the University of Minnesota football team stepped in to support. But their commitment didn’t stop there. A year later, head coach P.J. Fleck shares how the Gophers program continues to show up for the community creating a lifetime bond with grieving families.

Alex Pretti’s family hold first press conference since her death | CNN World News

Alex Pretti’s family hold first press conference since her death | CNN

Alex Pretti’s parents demanded answers Tuesday, saying the federal government has stayed silent for 275 days since immigration agents shot and killed their son, a US citizen, in Minneapolis in January. The day of the shooting, the Department of Homeland Security posted that agents were conducting a targeted operation when an “individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun” and that after they tred to “disarm the subject,” an agent “fired defensive shots,” though video of the incident disputed those claims. CNN has reached out to the DOJ and the US Attorney for Minnesota.

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