Crime, Law and Justice

Pedestrian deaths have fallen for the first time since the pandemic
After hitting a 40-year high in 2022, pedestrian deaths decreased last year to just over 7,300, according to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association.
Charges filed after body found in back of car following crash near Rochester
An Iowa woman was charged Tuesday with a felony count of concealing a dead body, after deputies responding to a car crash in southeast Minnesota last weekend found a woman deceased in the vehicle from injuries not suffered in the crash.
Reform, accountability become tug toy in proposed Minneapolis Police contract
Labor attorney Jim Michels, who represents the Minneapolis Police Federation and more than 40 other unions, says trying to squeeze police reform and accountability into a labor agreement is, in essence, impossible — or at least improbable.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S.
Under the deal, Assange faces a sentence of 62 months, equivalent to the time he has already served in Britain. He is expected to be released and to return to Australia following the court proceeding.
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
The decision was the first major gun ruling since 2022, when the high court broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been handled by the courts.