Crime, Law and Justice

September 16, 2024 12:53 PM

Washington state cancels use-of-force training by Kim Potter, ex-Minnesota cop who killed Daunte Wright

Washington state canceled a training workshop law enforcement after learning that Kim Potter was co-leading it.

by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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September 16, 2024 5:53 AM

5 things to know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at one of his golf courses

Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” in Florida after another attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania.

by The Associated Press

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September 15, 2024 5:11 PM

SWAT team shoots, wounds suspect during standoff in Yellow Medicine County

Police first arrived at 3:15 p.m. for a welfare check in the city of Clarkfield. Members of a regional SWAT team opened fire and wounded the suspect after being shot at with a long rifle.

by MPR News Staff

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September 15, 2024 11:30 AM

Hit-and-run vehicle plows into crowd, kills 16-year-old girl and injures others

A 16-year-old girl died and five others were injured after a driver plowed into a downtown Minneapolis crowd shortly after midnight Saturday. The alleged driver, a 22-year-old woman, has been booked and arrested on suspicion of murder.

by Cari Spencer

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September 14, 2024 7:08 PM

Funerals held for teen boy and math teacher killed in Georgia high school shooting

A teenage student and a math teacher are being remembered at funerals that took place 10 days after they were killed in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school.

by The Associated Press

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September 13, 2024 11:20 AM

Man charged in south Minneapolis apartment shooting

Nathan Mellstrom Matz, 40, allegedly opened fire with an AK-47 rifle inside a Minneapolis apartment building early Saturday.

by Matt Sepic

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September 13, 2024 7:55 AM

DHL sues MyPillow, alleging company owes $800K

Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills.

by The Associated Press

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September 12, 2024 2:11 PM

Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial

Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg disclosed in court that the indictment charges “Mr. Weinstein with additional crimes” and that multiple accusers are prepared to testify against him.

by The Associated Press

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September 12, 2024 4:00 AM

7 Ramsey County homicide cases under review amid scrutiny of former medical examiner

The seven cases are the last of more than 200 where former Dr. Michael McGee provided key testimony. His work fell under scrutiny after a 2021 order from a federal appeals judge called into question McGee’s testimony in the killing of college student Dru Sjodin.

by Peter Cox

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September 11, 2024 3:00 PM

The Central Park 5 are exonerated. Trump doesn’t seem to think so

Following the 1989 brutal assault of a New York jogger, the former president took out full-page ads calling for the return of the death penalty. He refuses to apologize to the now exonerated five.

by Jaclyn Diaz

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