Former St. Kate’s dean accused of swindling $400K from schoolMay 13, 2024 4:08 PMBy Nina MoiniA former St. Catherine University dean and a man she had a romantic relationship with are both charged with allegedly embezzling more than $400,000 from the small St. Paul private school.
Play3min 42secMichael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer, testifies against him in the hush money trialMay 13, 2024 2:31 PMBy Ximena Bustillo and NPR Washington Desk He is expected to bolster the prosecutors case that Trump falsified business records to pay off Stormy Daniels, the adult film star, with whom he is alleged to have had an affair.
Myon Burrell faces new felony drug chargeMay 13, 2024 8:55 AMBy Kirsti MarohnBurrell was charged Friday in Hennepin County District Court with one felony count of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance.
Prosecutors need Michael Cohen to tie details together in Trump's hush money trialMay 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Tyler Bartlam Here's what's to come in Donald Trump's legal battles, from Trump's Trials: Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand in the New York hush money trial this week.
Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizuresMay 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Emma Bowman Almost half of the illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement last year was pills made to look like prescription opioids, a new study says. The trend suggests a growing supply of illicit fentanyl.
Police release body cam footage of woman killed by St. Paul officersMay 10, 2024 10:40 AMBy MPR News StaffAuthorities on Friday identified the woman who was fatally shot by St. Paul police earlier in the week and released the names of the three officers involved.
Citizen police oversight petition falls short of required number of valid Minneapolis signatures May 9, 2024 3:36 PMBy Jon CollinsA city of Minneapolis analysis of the petitions found thousands of signatures couldn’t be validated. The coalition Minneapolis for Community Control of Police has been collecting signatures since 2020, and said they’re outraged that so many signatures were excluded.
Play7min 25secMigrant crime is politically charged, but the reality is more complicatedMay 9, 2024 5:58 AMBy Martin Kaste Republicans have raised the alarm about a migrant crime wave. Nationally, crime is down even as immigration has surged, but the concerns are real in some neighborhoods.
Play4min 43secFeeding Our Future witness says he helped set up fake meal sites during the pandemicMay 8, 2024 3:29 PMBy Matt SepicA former Feeding Our Future employee said in a federal courtroom in Minneapolis that he conspired with others at the Twin Cities nonprofit to steal money from government child nutrition programs. He said he received kickbacks disguised as consultant payments.
Brooklyn Park teen sentenced to 11 years for murderMay 8, 2024 1:11 PMBy Estelle Timar-WilcoxFoday Kamara, 17, was sentenced Wednesday for the murder of 23-year-old Zaria McKeever in 2022. Kamara broke into McKeever’s apartment and fatally shot her.