Crime, Law and Justice

Police are investigating a fatal shooting Sunday night in south Minneapolis that left a pregnant woman dead. Doctors at HCMC were able to deliver the baby, police say.

Motorists and police will have new guidance that may help avoid deadly shootings like the one that killed Philando Castile four years ago Monday.

One, a longtime local activist, and one who's just beginning to find her voice on racial issues.

The Manhattan District Attorney's office says it is initiating a prosecution of Amy Cooper for falsely reporting an incident. In a cellphone video, she claimed a Black man was threatening her.

A Minnesota woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a woman in Florida so she could assume her identity has been returned to her home state to face trial on allegations that she killed her husband in 2018. 

A car drove onto a closed freeway early Saturday and struck two people in a crowd protesting against police brutality, killing one and critically injuring the other, authorities said.

Thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis on Saturday night, the Fourth of July, to speak out against racial injustice. "We're really bringing attention to the hypocrisy of the holiday and how many of us were not independent,” one organizer said.

During the second annual "Salute To America" event held on the South Lawn, the president drew a comparison between historic American wartime victories and stopping what he called the "radical left."

A third former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd is out of jail after posting bail.

A 10-year-old boy died Friday after being pulled from the waters of the St. Croix River.