Crime, Law and Justice

Trump picks longtime ally Kash Patel to replace current FBI director
The president-elect plans to replace current FBI Director Christopher Wray with Patel, a close ally of the president-elect and former national security aide, has berated the Justice Department and the news media.
Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks
Among those targeted were New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump's pick to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, and Matt Gaetz, Trump's initial pick to serve as attorney general.
A fugitive wanted in the U.S. on terror charges is arrested in the UK after 20 years on the run
Authorities say a suspect wanted in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003 has appeared in a London courtroom after being captured in the U.K. The National Crime Agency says Daniel Andreas San Diego was arrested Monday in a rural area of Wales.
Defendants in human smuggling case convicted on all counts
A jury in Fergus Falls took only about an hour to return verdicts of guilty on all charges to two men accused of human smuggling. The trial arose from the hypothermia deaths of a family from India who in January 2022 were directed to walk across the border from Canada into Minnesota during a bitterly cold snowstorm.
Closing arguments delivered in federal human smuggling case
After hearing three and a half days of testimony, the jury in a federal human smuggling case will begin deliberating judgement Friday. Two Florida men face charges alleging they brought migrants from India into the U.S. illegally.
Minneapolis continues with construction plans for George Floyd Square
The Minneapolis City Council’s Climate & Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously Thursday to advance the conversation about plans for George Floyd Square and the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.