Crime, Law and Justice

Court rejects Minnesota's renewal of U.S. Steel mine permit
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed a decision by state regulators to renew a wastewater permit for U.S. Steel's Minntac iron mine in northeastern Minnesota.
ACA insurers in the Supreme Court: Why consumers should pay attention
The case centers on $12 billion in payments the federal government pledged to insurers to defray their losses in the first years of the health law. Did rescinding those payments send premiums soaring?
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a state law that makes it a crime to stalk someone by telephone is unconstitutional because it's too broad.
FBI investigating Pensacola shooting as terrorism
The shooter was an officer in the Saudi Air Force who was a student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. The FBI said the Saudi government has pledged its cooperation.
Official: Florida base shooter watched mass-shooting videos before attack
The Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos of mass shootings, a U.S. official told the Associated Press on Saturday.
American student held in Iran released in prisoner exchange
Princeton graduate student Xiyue Wang, held by Iran for three years, was released Saturday in exchange for Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had been held in the U.S.
Officers were dispatched to a south side home Nov. 21 on a report of a child who was choking, according to a police report. Firefighters and paramedics found the girl wasn't breathing, didn't have a pulse and tried to revive her, but she was pronounced dead after being rushed to the Hennepin Healthcare.