Crime, Law and Justice

President Biden will allow Congress to overturn new D.C. crime law
President Biden met privately with Senate Democrats on Thursday and indicated he would not use his veto pen to block congressional action to block a new Washington, D.C., crime law from taking effect.
Teen gets 24 years for murder outside Richfield school
Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 19, of Minneapolis, admitted in court to shooting and killing 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and wounding another 17-year-old last year outside the South Education Center in Richfield.
A transgender woman was violently attacked at a Minneapolis light rail station Monday morning, leaving her with a broken rib, collapsed lung and internal cranial bleeding.
Fohrenkam sentenced to 38 years in killing of Deshaun Hill
A jury convicted Cody Fohrenkam, 30, last month of shooting the 15-year-old in the back of the head after a brief exchange on a Minneapolis sidewalk a year ago.