Crime, Law and Justice

October 24, 2017 11:34 AM

Canadian motorist fined $118 for singing while driving

Montreal police ticketed Taoufik Moalla for screaming in public. But Moalla says he was doing nothing more than singing along to C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)."

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October 24, 2017 11:18 AM

Iditarod names four-time champ Dallas Seavey in dog doping scandal

Under pressure from competitors, the race committee said the 30-year-old musher is under suspicion of giving his dogs the drug tamadol in this year's race. Seavey has denied any wrongdoing.

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October 24, 2017 11:00 AM

What is money laundering? And why does it matter to Robert Mueller?

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's ties to overseas money have raised the eyebrows of many, including the man tasked by DOJ with investigating the campaign's connections to Russia.

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October 24, 2017 9:37 AM

Video: Burglars in ape masks rob Bloomington mosque; help cops ID them

Bloomington police have released security camera footage of last week's burglary of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center and are asking the public's help to identify the suspects.

by Tim Nelson

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October 24, 2017 7:54 AM

Ari Melber on "Politics Governing and the Law"

Lawyer and MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber speaks at a live Westminster Town Hall Forum on politics and justice.

by MPR News Staff

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October 23, 2017 11:16 AM

Dubai jails, then frees, Scottish tourist over touching man in a bar

One day after a Dubai court ordered Scottish tourist Jamie Harron to spend three months in jail over touching a man as he passed him in a bar, Dubai's ruler has ordered Harron freed.

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October 23, 2017 7:38 AM

Smithsonian museum to exhibit post from pipeline protest

The National Museum of the American Indian is adding a nearly 12-foot-tall mile-marker post created by activists to its exhibit on treaties.

by The Associated Press

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October 23, 2017 6:09 AM

Director James Toback accused of harassment by dozens of women

The Los Angeles Times reports that 38 women have leveled accusations against the Hollywood director who also wrote the 1991 film "Bugsy," starring Warren Beatty. Toback has denied the allegations.

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October 22, 2017 11:11 AM

Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case

A sentencing hearing for Bowe Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers and a Navy SEAL badly hurt while they searched for the missing Bergdahl.

by Associated Press

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October 22, 2017 10:52 AM

St. Paul police investigate two homicides in less than 24 hours

The two incidents mark the 18th and 19th homicides of the year in the city. The total number of homicides in St. Paul for all of last year was 17.

by MPR News Staff

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