Crime, Law and Justice

July 21, 2018 5:30 PM

Kavanaugh: Supreme Court's Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's belief in robust executive authority already is front and center in his nomination by President Donald Trump to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

by Associated Press

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July 21, 2018 3:15 PM

Funeral set for corrections officer killed in Stillwater prison

Officer Joseph Gomm's family released a statement late Friday about the "senseless and tragic loss of our son, brother, brother-in-law, cousin and uncle."

by Kathryn Hockman

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July 21, 2018 1:20 PM

Man found dead after report of shots fired in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police found a man dead inside a car early Saturday after responding to multiple reports of shots fired.

by Kathryn Hockman

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July 21, 2018 12:45 PM

The Russia investigations: How many more Maria Butinas are there?

In a week even Hollywood couldn't have scripted, the feds launch their case against a Russian accused of infiltrating U.S. politics. And the deputy attorney general speaks out on foreign interference.

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July 21, 2018 9:10 AM

Trump claims ex-lawyer's phone call recording is 'perhaps illegal'

Trump was responding to the revelation that former attorney Michael Cohen, weeks before the 2016 election, secretly recorded their discussion of a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with Trump.

by Associated Press

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July 21, 2018 8:00 AM

Doctoral student compiles database of indigenous women who've gone missing

A doctoral student found no solid data on the many indigenous women in the U.S. and Canada who have gone missing or died under suspicious circumstances. So she compiled it herself.

by Nate Hegyi

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July 20, 2018 5:18 PM

Mayor: Minneapolis to release police shooting video by end of July

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says body camera video of a fatal police shooting of a black man will be released by the end of July.

by The Associated Press

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July 20, 2018 3:44 PM

Proposal to give Minneapolis City Council more control of police moves forward

The proposed change to the city charter took its first steps forward, despite opposition from some council members and Mayor Jacob Frey.

by Jon Collins

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July 20, 2018 5:49 AM

Minnesota inmate accused in guard's death has violent past

Just before he went to prison for the 2002 stabbing death of a woman he was living with, Edward Muhammad Johnson pleaded guilty to assaulting a guard at the Hennepin County Jail. Once in prison, he racked up a lengthy list of infractions, mostly for fighting.

by Matt Sepic