Crime, Law and Justice

Albuquerque killings send fear through Islamic communities
Authorities on Monday identified the fourth victim in a series of killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the deaths sent ripples of fear through Islamic communities nationwide.
Mall of America gunfire: 5 charged; manhunt on for suspected gunman, accomplice
Five people, including two tied to a local hotel, were charged with aiding the alleged gunman and accomplice, who remain at large and are the targets of a nationwide manhunt, the Bloomington police chief said Monday.
Alex Jones' $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation
The verdict is the first of three Sandy Hook-related cases against Jones to be decided and a punishing salvo in a fledgling war on harmful misinformation. But what does it mean for the larger misinformation ecosystem of election denial, COVID-19 skepticism and other dubious claims that Jones helped build?
Nicolae Miu is charged with first-degree homicide in the death of 17-year-old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater. Miu says he was defending himself. Miu has retained Madison, Wis. attorney Corey Chirafisi, who helped convince a jury that Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he fatally shot two men and wounded a third in protests over the police shooting Jacob Blake.
Mall of America reopens following gunfire, lockdown
The Mall of America reopened Friday as police continued to search for two people connected to gunfire inside the massive complex that sent shoppers and employees running for cover the day before.
A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million
The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.
Gunfire scatters shoppers at Mall of America; 2 suspects at large
Bloomington police described the gunfire around 4 p.m. Thursday as “an isolated incident” and that the suspected shooter fled the building. The police chief said no one was hit.