Crime, Law and Justice

A beleaguered Minneapolis prepares to pick its leader
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. 
1 dead, 3 hurt after driver plows into protesters in Uptown Minneapolis
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.
Family, friends gather to remember Winston Smith
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.
Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial
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.
Detectives just used DNA to solve a 1956 double homicide. They may have made history
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.
Hate wiped away a Muslim-Canadian family. Here's how friends want them remembered
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.