Crime, Law and Justice

September 16, 2020 6:19 PM

Exam ordered for Pakistani doctor charged with terrorism

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.

by The Associated Press

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September 16, 2020 5:06 PM

Minnesota man faces terror charge for allegedly joining ISIS

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.

by The Associated Press

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September 15, 2020 6:10 PM

With violent crime on the rise in Mpls., City Council asks: Where are the police?

Council members, some of whom support defunding the department, say their constituents are “terrified” by a violent uptick.

by Brandt Williams

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September 15, 2020 2:15 PM

Two campaign aides shot in Minneapolis

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.

by MPR News Staff

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September 15, 2020 1:04 PM

Report: 'Alarming' rates of police and prosecutor misconduct

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.

by Robin McDowell

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September 15, 2020 9:08 AM

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.

by The Associated Press

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September 15, 2020 6:29 AM

1 person shot in Edina hospital parking lot; police searching for suspect

Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting at the M Health Fairview hospital in Edina, Minn., on Monday night.

by Tim Nelson

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September 15, 2020 5:45 AM

South Dakota AG discovered man's body day after crash

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said that he discovered he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning to the scene the next day and discovering the body. Ravnsborg said he initially thought he hit a deer while driving home from a Republican fundraiser Saturday night.

by The Associated Press