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Crime, Law and Justice

Catholic Church orders more inquiry into Minnesota bishop

Roman Catholic Church leaders in Rome have authorized more investigation into claims that a northern Minnesota bishop interfered with earlier investigations into clerical sexual misconduct with children.
by The Associated Press

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Cottage Grove school officer charged with sexual misconduct

A Cottage Grove police officer is facing charges after prosecutors say he inappropriately touched students at Park High School.
by Matt Sepic

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Woman in fatal bus crash pleads guilty to illegal reentry

Woman in fatal bus crash pleads guilty to illegal reentry

Federal prosecutors say a Guatemalan woman who was deported after she was convicted in a 2008 school bus crash that killed four children in southwestern Minnesota has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States.
by The Associated Press

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Klobuchar's claims about black teen's case draw criticism

Klobuchar's claims about black teen's case draw criticism

Civil rights activists and legal experts are challenging Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s claims that she was unaware of questionable evidence and police tactics used to send a young black teen to prison for life when she was a top Minneapolis prosecutor.
by Robin McDowell

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1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting on Greyhound bus in Calif.

1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting on Greyhound bus in Calif.

Authorities say passengers disarmed the suspect and escorted him off the bus. He was taken into custody without incident and authorities say the the motive is unknown. The bus was traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Interstate 5 at the time of the shooting early Monday.
by The Associated Press

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Klobuchar: Not aware of questionable evidence in teen's case

Klobuchar: Not aware of questionable evidence in teen's case

But an AP review shows that her office would have had access to the same information during the time it was prosecuting Myon Burrell for the murder of an 11-year old girl in 2002.
by Robin McDowell

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Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death

Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death

A man recently released from prison after serving time for terrorism-related offenses strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a busy London street Sunday before being shot to death by police, officials said.
by The Associated Press

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Impeachment trial heads toward finish line after witness vote fails

Impeachment trial heads toward finish line after witness vote fails

The key vote of the trial occurred Friday, when the Senate voted not to include new witness testimony as part of the impeachment trial of President Trump.
by Miles Parks

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Jury foreman regrets convicting teen in girl's 2002 death

Jury foreman regrets convicting teen in girl's 2002 death

The foreman of the jury that sent a Minnesota teen away for life in the 2002 death of an 11-year-old girl says he regrets voting to convict. Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who led the Hennepin County Attorney’s office at the time of the girl’s death, was asked about the case while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in New Hampshire.
by The Associated Press

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