Crime, Law and Justice

March 21, 2019 8:28 PM

MN House votes to remove 'severe or pervasive' standard for sexual harassment

The Minnesota House passed a bill Thursday to eliminate a legal standard that blocks many sexual harassment cases from making it to court.

by Briana Bierschbach

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March 21, 2019 4:34 PM

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

Cesar Sayoc pleaded guilty to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but spread fear of political violence across the U.S. for days leading up to last fall's midterm elections.

by Associated Press

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March 21, 2019 3:13 PM

Judge restores Wisconsin governor's powers, strikes down GOP laws

A Wisconsin county judge ruled Thursday that laws passed in December by Republicans during a lame-duck session to limit the power of incoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers are unconstitutional.

by Shawn Johnson

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March 21, 2019 5:47 AM

New Zealand banning weapons like those used in mosque attacks in Christchurch

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday that the government will ban "military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles" to avert "the kind of horror and attack that we saw on Friday."

by Barbara Campbell

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March 20, 2019 2:48 PM

Civil rights and faith leaders to FBI: Take white nationalist violence seriously

Civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with the FBI director. The message: time to prioritize white nationalist violence.

by Leila Fadel

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March 20, 2019 2:43 PM

Supreme Court justices seem incredulous at repeated racial bias in jury selection

In a Mississippi death-penalty case, the justices were skeptical of the way the state picked and dismissed black jurors and appeared ready not to uphold the conviction.

by Nina Totenberg

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March 20, 2019 1:00 PM

Officials: Mother killed herself, her 2 children were killed

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have identified the three people found dead in northwestern Minnesota as a mother and her two young children.

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March 20, 2019 12:04 PM

In wake of mass shooting, New Zealand's Ardern calls for global fight against racism

The prime minister visited a school that lost two current students and one former student in the Christchurch mosque shootings last week.

by Dalia Mortada

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March 20, 2019 10:33 AM

'Hear me by any means necessary': Charlottesville is forced to redefine civility

After a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017, once-marginalized voices in Charlottesville, Va., are demanding to be heard by the City Council. That has led to a debate over civility.

by Debbie Elliott

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March 20, 2019 5:20 AM

Supreme Court broadens the government's power to detain criminal immigrants

The ruling responds to two class-action lawsuits brought by legal immigrants who served criminal sentences and then were detained years later.

by Richard Gonzales

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Crime, Law and Justice

MN House votes to remove 'severe or pervasive' standard for sexual harassment

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

Judge restores Wisconsin governor's powers, strikes down GOP laws

New Zealand banning weapons like those used in mosque attacks in Christchurch

Civil rights and faith leaders to FBI: Take white nationalist violence seriously

Supreme Court justices seem incredulous at repeated racial bias in jury selection

Officials: Mother killed herself, her 2 children were killed

In wake of mass shooting, New Zealand's Ardern calls for global fight against racism

'Hear me by any means necessary': Charlottesville is forced to redefine civility

Supreme Court broadens the government's power to detain criminal immigrants

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