Crime, Law and Justice

Police: Idaho mass stabbing suspect targeted girl's birthday party
A man who had been asked to leave an Idaho apartment complex because of bad behavior returned the next day and stabbed nine people, including six children, at a toddler's birthday party, police said.
A lifetime investment: Big money pours into Supreme Court battle
With the debate underway over who should succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy, groups on each side are expected to spend tens of millions of dollars.
Roberts may hold key vote as Supreme Court moves right
Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court's new man in the middle. It's just that the middle may have moved well to the right.
A narrowly divided Senate is putting two Republican women who support abortion rights and three red-state Democrats in the spotlight as the critical votes in the Supreme Court confirmation process.
Eight protesters, including a Minnesota state senator, were arrested after demonstrating against a company they say is profiting off of migrant detention centers.
New details emerge about deadly shootings in Capital Gazette newsroom
A man who police say opened fire at a Maryland newspaper office Thursday, killing five and injuring two others, had a long, acrimonious history with the newspaper, including a lawsuit and years of harassment of its journalists on Twitter.
Capital Gazette shooting victims: The 5 killed in attack on Maryland newspaper
A gunman entered the offices of The Capital newspaper in Annapolis Thursday and opened fire, killing four of the paper's journalists and a sales assistant. We have profiles of the victims.