Crime, Law and Justice

October 7, 2017 2:54 PM

Minnesota man lived with bodies of mom, brother for year

"I was traumatized," Robert James Kuefler told The Associated Press on Saturday. "What would you do?" White Bear police say both the brother and mother died of natural causes.

by Associated Press

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October 7, 2017 10:05 AM

Nightmare scenario: concert security experts grapple with lessons of Las Vegas

The Las Vegas shooting is a chilling reminder that big public concerts remain a soft target. And the industry is still grappling with what lessons it should draw from the massacre.

by Joel Rose

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October 7, 2017 9:42 AM

Police: London crash that hurt 11 is not terror

London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. Police say a number of people have been injured and one person has been detained at the scene.

by Associated Press

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October 7, 2017 7:12 AM

Feds say they thwarted NYC plot targeting concert venues

Three Islamic State group sympathizers plotted to cause bloodshed at New York City concert venues, subway stations and Times Square before U.S. agents thwarted the international terror plot, authorities said Friday.

by Associated Press

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October 6, 2017 5:06 PM

Overdoses from synthetic drug K2 pour into HCMC

Forty-two people have been brought to Hennepin County Medical Center since Wednesday. The victims believe they took K2. So far, no one has died, but authorities are spreading the word about the drug's dangers.

by Marianne Combs

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October 6, 2017 4:59 PM

UnitedHealth Group wins a round in whistleblower suit

A federal judge in California has tossed out a U.S. government lawsuit alleging UnitedHealth Group distorted data provided to Medicare to increase federal payments.

by Martin Moylan

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October 6, 2017 1:54 PM

Las Vegas gunman's vast arsenal included tracer bullets

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock's arsenal included tracer rounds that can improve a shooter's firing accuracy in the dark, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday.

by The Associated Press

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October 6, 2017 12:13 PM

U.S. Customs vows to block imports made by North Korea workers

At this point anything made by North Korean workers anywhere is presumed to be made with forced labor, the State Department said in a statement Friday.

by The Associated Press

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October 6, 2017 12:05 PM

The politics of America's guns

Polls suggest Americans support stricter gun control laws, but gun legislation doesn't tend to move forward in Washington D.C. Why is that?

by Kerri Miller, Elizabeth Shockman and Jeffrey Bissoy

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October 6, 2017 11:22 AM

Gun violence: How the U.S. compares with other countries

The U.S. should, based on its wealth and other factors, have one of the world's lowest rates of gun deaths. The data show a different picture.

by Nurith Aizenman

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