Crime, Law and Justice

Former NFL player, Wisconsin star is accused of assault

June 15, 2021 2:08 p.m.

By The Associated Press

Thomas Allen Burke, a former NFL player and University of Wisconsin football star, is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl.

A woman in a park smiles and speaks.

A beleaguered Minneapolis prepares to pick its leader

June 15, 2021 5:00 a.m.

After a year of high-profile police killings, mass protests and a surge in gun violence and civil unrest, Minneapolis residents are getting ready to elect a new mayor. Seven mayoral candidates, including incumbent Jacob Frey, are vying for this week’s DFL endorsement.

People sit near a circle of flowers on the ground.

1 dead, 3 hurt after driver plows into protesters in Uptown Minneapolis

June 14, 2021 3:58 a.m.

By Matt Sepic, Tim Nelson, Jon Collins, and The Associated Press

One person was killed and three injured Sunday night after the driver of an SUV drove into a crowd of protesters in the Uptown area of Minneapolis, near the site where Winston Smith was shot by sheriff's deputies earlier this month.

An American flag flies outside of Houston Methodist Hospital in June 2020. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by hospital employees who have refused to comply with a mandate requiring they receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Judge throws out lawsuit brought by hospital workers over vaccine mandate

June 13, 2021 2:40 p.m.

By The Associated Press and NPR Staff

In a scathing ruling, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that all staff be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Funeral services for Winston Smith

Family, friends gather to remember Winston Smith

June 12, 2021 6:52 p.m.

By MPR News Staff

Winston Smith was remembered at his funeral Saturday as a loving father who put his friends and family ahead of himself. Those relatives and friends gathered just over a week after Smith was fatally shot in Minneapolis by sheriff's deputies as they attempted to arrest him.

People visit a memorial site

Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

June 12, 2021 2:41 p.m.

By The Associated Press

President Joe Biden said on Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial.

Interim Police Chief Joseph Chacon updates reporters on the attack in Austin, Texas, early Saturday.

Police search for suspect in Austin, Texas, shooting that wounded 14 people

June 12, 2021 12:48 p.m.

By The Associated Press

Someone opened fire in a busy entertainment district in the Texas capital early Saturday before getting away, authorities said. Investigators were looking into what sparked the shooting.

Clippings from the Great Falls Tribune were part of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office investigative file into the 1956 murders of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle.

Detectives just used DNA to solve a 1956 double homicide. They may have made history

June 12, 2021 8:40 a.m.

By Sharon Pruitt-Young

It's one of the oldest criminal cases cracked with the new DNA technology. The murders of teen sweethearts Lloyd Duane Bogle and Patricia Kalitzke in Montana had gone unsolved for more than 60 years.

The Afzaal family members who were killed in the London, Ontario, truck attack. Not shown is the youngest son, who survived.

Hate wiped away a Muslim-Canadian family. Here's how friends want them remembered

June 12, 2021 7:40 a.m.

By Dalia Faheid

As friends gather for the Afzaal family's funeral in Canada, they want them remembered as more than just victims of a hate crime. "They were very humble people while extremely accomplished," said the imam of the mosque where the family regularly prayed.

A mob storms the U.S. Capitol.

Two more Minnesota men charged in Capitol riots

June 11, 2021 3:33 p.m.

By Riham Feshir

Both men face charges of unlawful entry to restricted buildings or grounds, violent entry and disorderly conduct.