The sentence against Derek Chauvin is 10 years longer than state guidelines recommend. Judge Peter Cahill said that he went further because of Chauvin's abuse of authority.
As of Friday morning, 159 people remain unaccounted for, as rescue crews work at the scene. The suit says the condo association failed to "secure and safeguard" the owners' lives and property.
Minnesota's court system could allow expanded camera coverage of criminal proceedings following the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death. Chief Justice Lorie Gildea says it's time to consider amending the current rules to accommodate broader public access.
Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children — a discovery that follows last month's report of 215 bodies found at another school.
After Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create an outside independent commission to investigate the attacks on the U.S. Capitol Pelosi said a special panel needed to lead an investigation.
A man found with 67 guns and a cache of high-capacity ammunition magazines in his pickup truck near Fergus Falls has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges.
President Joe Biden’s plan focuses on keeping guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them as well as provides help for intervention and prevention efforts.
President Joe Biden is announcing new efforts Wednesday to stem a rising national tide of violent crime but questions persist about how effective the federal efforts will be in calming what could be a turbulent summer.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other key House members are jumping on board with a plan by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a day after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin voiced support for a crucial part of it.
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