Crime, Law and Justice

U.S. judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election.
Minneapolis stops pursuit of a temporary 3rd Precinct space in S. Mpls.
City officials say Minneapolis has ended lease negotiations for a new temporary headquarters for the 3rd Precinct police station, which was burned earlier this year.
A psychological exam was ordered Wednesday for a Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic researcher accusing of telling paid FBI informants that he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry out lone-wolf attacks in the U.S.
A Minnesota man who is accused of joining the Islamic State group in Syria has been returned to the United States to face terrorism charges.
Two off-duty campaign staffers were shot in Minneapolis Monday. A teen died at the scene of the shooting. Another man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds. Both were members of the campaign team of Republican congressional candidate Lacy Johnson.
The National Registry of Exonerations spent more than six years examining the cases of 2,400 innocent people who were exonerated from 1989 to 2019, finding that 54 percent were sent to prison because of intentional or negligent mistakes by police, prosecutors and other law enforcement officials.
City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor's mom, reform police
The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Associated Press has learned.