Crime, Law and Justice

August 23, 2017 10:07 AM

The incredible life of the Minnesota State Fair police chief

Art Blakey has been chief of police for the state fair for 37 years. This will be his last. As he gets ready to retire, he looks back on his long career in law enforcement and those hot summer days at the fair.

by Tom Weber and Tracy Mumford

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August 23, 2017 9:38 AM

Minn. Supreme Court to livestream oral arguments

Starting next week, the public will be able to access a live video stream of arguments heard by Minnesota's highest court.

by Brian Bakst

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August 23, 2017 6:45 AM

Police: DNA of headless torso matches Swedish journalist

Kim Wall, 30, was last seen alive on Aug. 10 on Danish inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, which police believe he intentionally sank off Denmark's eastern coast the following day.

by The Associated Press

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August 23, 2017 6:44 AM

Bystander shot, injured near downtown Minneapolis bus stop

Authorities say the man happened to be standing near two other men who were arguing about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. One of the arguing men shot at the other and missed, hitting the bystander in the hip.

by The Associated Press

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August 22, 2017 5:55 PM

Minnesota teen's birth mother charged with her killing

Rebecca Ruud, 39, is charged with first-degree murder and alternative counts of abuse of a child resulting in death, second-degree murder and felony murder in the killing of her 16-year-old biological daughter, Savannah Leckie.

by The Associated Press

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August 22, 2017 5:39 PM

Dakota Access pipeline owner sues Greenpeace for 'criminal activity'

Energy Transfer Partners alleges Greenpeace and other "eco-terrorist groups" tried to block its pipeline with "campaigns of misinformation." Greenpeace says the suit is a bid to "silence free speech."

by Colin Dwyer

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August 22, 2017 2:34 PM

German police seize thousands of 'Trump' ecstasy tablets

Officers said they found about 5,000 of the orange, Trump-shaped ecstasy tablets along with a large, but unspecified quantity of cash.

by Associated Press

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August 22, 2017 8:43 AM

Minn. company begins production on camera -- for guns

Maple Plain-based Viridian Weapon Technologies calls their invention the "Fact Duty." It's designed to turn on automatically when a gun is pulled from its holster.

by MPR News Staff

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August 22, 2017 7:14 AM

Famed inventor says he buried reporter 'at sea' after his homemade sub sank

Peter Madsen pushed off in his submarine with a Swedish journalist, but by the time he was rescued, she was gone. Now, he says she died onboard -- but the admission is stirring even more questions.

by Colin Dwyer

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August 21, 2017 4:52 PM

Ohio judge returns fire after 'ambush' outside courthouse

An Ohio judge traded gunfire with an assailant who shot him outside a county courthouse Monday, before the suspect was killed by a probation officer.

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