Crime, Law and Justice

Kremlin says U.S. cyberattacks on Russia are 'the reality we live in'
Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov links the attacks to Russia's need for its own internet. It is a "geopolitical angle to try to defend their own steps," says internet freedom expert Sanja Kelly.
Cohen says Trump behaved 'much like a mobster would do'
Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen spoke at length Wednesday about his life in the president's inner circle, but the most vivid descriptor came in just six words. Trump ran his operation "much like a mobster would do," Cohen said.
Cohen says Trump inflated his wealth in bid to buy Bills
Michael Cohen said during his congressional testimony Wednesday that Trump grossly overstated his wealth before becoming president, including inflating his assets during a failed bid to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014.
Trump, at North Korea summit, distracted by Cohen
President Trump's high-stakes summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Wednesday was in danger of being upstaged by a monumental betrayal unfolding half a world away in Washington.
Supreme Court appears ready to let cross stand, but struggles with church-state test
The American Humanist Association is challenging the existence of a 40-foot cross on government-owned land, but the Trump administration hopes a newly conservative majority will agree to let it stand.
ChangeMakers: Valerie and Allysza Castile, carrying on Philando's spirit
Valerie, 62, and Allysza Castile, 26, are the mother and sister of Philando Castile. Since her son's death, Valerie has been an advocate for police and criminal justice reform and founded the Philando Castile Relief Foundation.
Mother in 'horrific' Mpls. abuse case sentenced to 5 years probation
A Hennepin County judge sentenced a Minneapolis woman to five years probation on Tuesday. Prosecutors said she stood by as her developmentally disabled twin daughters suffered physical and sexual abuse by their father.
Video shows jailer kneeing, punching handcuffed black man
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher on Monday released video of the 2016 incident, which happened before his term. Fletcher called the video "extremely disturbing," and said he is making changes, including appointing a new detention superintendent to oversee the jail.
A 43-year-old Minnesota man who traveled to Alaska to have sex with a 9-year-old child has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison.