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Crime, Law and Justice

Judge orders mental health tests for accused mosque shooter

Judge orders mental health tests for accused mosque shooter

A New Zealand judge on Friday ordered that the man accused of killing 50 people at two Christchurch mosques undergo two mental health assessments to determine if he's fit to stand trial.
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Ramsey County pledges better sexual assault investigations

Ramsey County pledges better sexual assault investigations

The chiefs of every police department in Ramsey County signed on Thursday to a collaborative effort to improve sexual assault investigations, with a focus on better training for law enforcement officers and more advocacy for assault survivors.
by Euan Kerr

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FBI rejects teen's claim to be long-missing boy

FBI rejects teen's claim to be long-missing boy

DNA tests disproved a teenager's claim that he was an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago, the FBI said Thursday, dashing hopes that the baffling case had finally been solved.
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Barr defends handling of Mueller's Russia report

Barr defends handling of Mueller's Russia report

Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation, saying the document contains sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediately released to the public.
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Duluth fire chief charged with driving drunk

Chief Dennis Edwards Jr. has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with third-degree driving while impaired. He was pulled over about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
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'I still love the sport': Gymnast Maggie Nichols pushes on after Nassar

'I still love the sport': Gymnast Maggie Nichols pushes on after Nassar

Nichols is Athlete A, the first person to tell USA Gymnastics that sports doctor Larry Nassar was sexually abusing her. The scandal that followed has rocked the sport and the U.S. Olympic movement to its core, with hundreds of girls and women somehow trying to move on with their lives as survivors.
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Wayzata schools employee charged with indecent exposure

Hennepin County prosecutors have charged 35-year-old Matthew Gordon Bowers of Hopkins with four gross misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct and indecent exposure.
by Matt Sepic

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14-year-old says he is Illinois boy who went missing in 2011

A 14-year-old boy who said he escaped from two kidnappers in Ohio told authorities he is from Illinois, where he went missing nearly eight years ago when his mother apparently took her own life.
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