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Three federal defendants have been indicted in an attack on two correctional officers at the Sherburne County Jail. The indictment alleges the three men, including an admitted member of the Native Mob gang, conspired to attack the two guards Feb. 8.

A Minnesota Somali woman awaiting sentencing on federal terror charges has been moved to a new jail, and is being allowed to wear her head scarf at times.

A Muslim woman convicted of conspiring to funnel money to terrorists in Somalia is protesting a ban on headwear at the Sherburne County Jail where she's an inmate. Amina Farah Ali says her religion, Islam, requires her to wear a head covering, or hijab, in public.

A Minnesota woman who has refused to stand for her trial on terror charges now says she was mistreated in jail. Amina Ali says her veil and clothing were forcibly removed after she refused to disrobe in the Sherburne County Jail.

The girlfriend of convicted auto mogul Dennis Hecker has waived her detention hearing and will remain behind bars. Christi Rowan will stay in the Sherburne County jailed until she's sentenced next week. Rowan's detention hearing was scheduled Wednesday in federal court.