Crime, Law and Justice

A shooting near Virginia Commonwealth University in downtown Richmond following a high school graduation ceremony injured multiple people Tuesday, according to police and school district officials.

The state senator behind Minnesota’s new marijuana law and a national drug policy researcher answer questions about what the cannabis law does and doesn’t do.

A new report released by Johns Hopkins University shows that gun homicides rose 7.6 percent from 2020, a year that set a previous U.S. record. Firearms are the leading cause of death for those under age 25.

Reginald Fowler, 64, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to six years and three months in prison and was ordered to forfeit $740 million and pay restitution of $53 million.

A federal judge ruled Monday that a man charged in connection with a nearly nine-hour standoff at a St. Cloud bank is competent to stand trial. No one suffered physical injuries in the May 6, 2021, incident when Ray Reco McNeary, 38, allegedly took five Wells Fargo employees hostage, threatened them with scissors and demanded $60,000 in cash.

A federal judge has granted a motion to delay the start of a trial in which a Florida city is seeking damages from 3M over the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS — so-called “forever chemicals.” The two sides reportedly are close to reaching a settlement.

Police in St. Croix County, Wis. shot a 42-year-old male suspect while responding to a domestic disturbance in the 1900 block of County Road CC in Star Prairie Township. The suspect died at the scene.

Metro Transit officials are promising to tackle crime and other safety problems on the Twin Cities’ public transit system.

A man pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment building in February, according to court records.

A law change makes people no longer incarcerated immediately eligible to vote in Minnesota rather than having rights held back until parole or probation are completed.