Crime, Law and Justice

October 27, 2016 8:45 AM

Expert: College campus culture, sex assaults linked

Schools that have high rates of sexual assault also have high rates of sexual harassment, a national researcher tells MPR News.

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October 27, 2016 4:00 AM

One retailer keeps Twin Cities cops most busy, and it's Walmart

Walmart locations across the metro area generate more police calls than other businesses, and some even hire off-duty police officers to help control things.

by Martin Moylan

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October 26, 2016 5:36 PM

St. Paul woman, distrusting of banks, likely has life savings stolen from home

Burglars took gold bars, a valuable diamond ring and $60,000 in cash from a St. Paul home.

by Nancy Lebens

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October 26, 2016 1:38 PM

Tense standoff at Dakota Access protest encampment

The prospect of a police raid on an encampment protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faded as night fell Wednesday, with law enforcement making no immediate move after protesters rejected their request to withdraw from private land.

by Associated Press

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October 26, 2016 12:29 PM

Bemidji man convicted of aiding in slaying of missing woman

A jury on Tuesday found 32-year-old Brandon Rossbach guilty of aiding an offender in the death of Rose Downwind, a mother of five and the granddaughter of American Indian Movement co-founder Dennis Banks.

by Associated Press

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October 26, 2016 11:12 AM

Company asks pipeline protesters to leave North Dakota land

The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Tuesday that the dozens of protesters who have camped on company-owned land since the weekend are trespassing and that "lawless behavior will not be tolerated."

by Associated Press

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October 26, 2016 10:33 AM

Nearly all emergency funds for pipeline protest costs used

Nearly all of the $6 million in emergency funding earmarked for law enforcement costs related to the Dakota Access pipeline protest in North Dakota has been used up.

by Associated Press

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October 25, 2016 12:24 PM

Giants release kicker Josh Brown after abuse admissions

The New York Giants have released placekicker Josh Brown after police documents revealed Brown had admitted to repeatedly abusing his former wife while they were married.

by Associated Press

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October 25, 2016 11:39 AM

Sheriff: Driver held phone, not wheel, before fatal crash

Wisconsin authorities say a Minnesota woman had both hands on her cellphone and apparently none on her steering when she lost control of her car and sent the vehicle behind her into a deadly rollover.

by Associated Press

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October 25, 2016 10:47 AM

Former Watson mayor pleads guilty to burglarizing current mayor

The former mayor of Watson has pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors to breaking into the current mayor's home in March.

by Associated Press

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