Crime, Law and Justice

Killing of 2 at Kentucky supermarket is being investigated as hate crime
The police chief of Jeffersontown, Ky., says the attack was racially motivated, and federal prosecutors say they're investigating whether the murders are hate crimes.
Fargo man gets life in prison for kidnapping baby cut from womb
A North Dakota man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for conspiring to kidnap a baby that his girlfriend had cut from their neighbor's body and lying to police about it.
FBI says suspicious parcel was addressed to CNN in Atlanta
Bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta on Monday about a suspicious parcel sent to CNN, just hours before a court hearing for a Florida man accused of sending packages containing explosive material to prominent Democrats.
Before shooting, anti-Semitic incidents were on the rise
Jews make up only about 2 percent of the U.S. population, but in annual FBI data they repeatedly account for more than half of the Americans targeted by hate crimes committed due to religious bias.
Survivor of synagogue attack recounts moments of terror
A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre described Sunday how he and other terrorized worshippers concealed themselves in a supply closet as the gunman stepped over the body of a man he had just shot and killed, entered their darkened hiding spot and looked around.
A rural community decided to treat its opioid problem like a natural disaster
A rural county in Washington declared the opioid epidemic a life-threatening emergency. They use a multi-agency coordination group straight out of FEMA's playbook to respond to the crisis.
A University of Minnesota student was physically assaulted and robbed by a group of eight to 10 young men early Sunday on the Twin Cities campus.