Crime, Law and Justice

January 6, 2017 12:31 PM

5 killed in shooting at Florida airport; shooter traveled through Twin Cities

An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday and opened fire in the baggage claim area, authorities said.

by The Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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January 6, 2017 10:37 AM

Police: 4 charged in Facebook Live attack to appear in court

The alleged attackers will make their first court appearance Friday, a day after they were also charged with kidnapping and battery in connection to the attack of a mentally disabled teenager.

by Associated Press

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January 5, 2017 6:22 PM

Trump deposed for 90 minutes in civil case involving chef Jose Andres

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to take the oath of office, but as this deposition highlights, many business entanglements remain.

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January 5, 2017 5:24 PM

U football players' sexual conduct tests burdens of proof

The very public sexual assault investigations into some members of the University of Minnesota football team last month showed the clear differences between campus and criminal investigations.

by Peter Cox

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January 5, 2017 10:34 AM

Federal grand jury looks into violent pipeline protest clash

A federal grand jury in North Dakota is looking into a violent November clash between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and officers in which a woman was seriously injured.

by Associated Press

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January 5, 2017 7:18 AM

Hate-crime charges filed in attack on mentally disabled man

Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet.

by The Associated Press

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January 5, 2017 6:22 AM

St. Paul police investigate suspicious death of woman on East Side

Officers were called to a home in the 2300 block of Nokomis Avenue late Wednesday afternoon. Inside, they found an unresponsive woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

by Mike Moen

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January 4, 2017 6:04 PM

Attorneys spar over video evidence in 4th Precinct shooting case

Lawyers for Allen "Lance" Scarsella, the man accused of shooting five people protesting the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, argued that prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to use a video of Scarsella at the protest site days before the shooting as evidence.

by Brandt Williams

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January 4, 2017 3:15 PM

New judge assigned to Yanez case

Judge William Leary III will preside over the trial of the St. Anthony police officer charged in the fatal shooting death of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights last July.

by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir

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January 4, 2017 12:35 PM

'I'm not going to lie to you,' Dylann Roof tells jurors at sentencing hearing

Roof, who was convicted of murdering nine people at a South Carolina church, has dismissed his lawyers and is acting as his own counsel. He faces the death penalty or life in prison.

by Colin Dwyer

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