Crime, Law and Justice

GOP bill would block state disaster aid after riots
A Minnesota Senate panel advanced legislation Monday to specifically exclude civil unrest as an eligible event for state disaster assistance.
Dominion Voting System sues Giuliani over election claims
Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who led the former president's efforts to spread baseless claims about the 2020 election.
Fatal police shootings of unarmed Black people reveal troubling patterns
Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people nationwide. The majority of officers were white and for at least 15 of them, the shootings were not their first or last.
Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trial
A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial, a sign of dimming chances that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. police departments weigh officer discipline after Capitol insurrection
An Associated Press survey of law enforcement agencies nationwide found that at least 31 officers in 12 states are being scrutinized by their supervisors for their behavior in the District of Columbia, or face criminal charges for participating in the riot.
2 more plead guilty to arson charges in connection with Minneapolis 3rd Precinct fire
Two more men have pleaded guilty to federal arson charges for their roles in a fire that damaged a Minneapolis police station during civil unrest in the days following the death of George Floyd, prosecutors announced.
State sues Lakeville bar for operating without license
The Minnesota Department of Health has sued the owners of a bar in the southern Twin Cities metro area for serving food and beverages without a license, the state said Saturday.
Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in U.S.
President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.