Crime, Law and Justice

April 24, 2018 4:50 PM

MPD officer denies sexually assaulting woman

Thomas Tichich testified that he did not take advantage of a woman who prosecutors say was passed out after a night of drinking in December of 2016.

by Brandt Williams

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April 24, 2018 3:12 PM

Minnesota weighs keeping legal opening for cameras in courts

The Minnesota Supreme Court is weighing whether it should make permanent a pilot project that allowed news cameras in criminal courtrooms. Here's a look at some of the issues before the justices.

by The Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 8:41 AM

Former UW-Stevens Point director fatally shot in Minnesota

Authorities say a man fatally shot in northeastern Minnesota was the former director of the Native American Center at the University of Wisconsin-Steven Point.

by Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 7:44 AM

Waffle House shooting underscores how gun laws vary from state to state

Travis Reinking's guns were seized in Illinois, but he may have broken no laws by having those guns -- including an AR-15 -- when he moved to Tennessee late last year.

by Meribah Knight

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April 24, 2018 6:12 AM

Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk

Police in Canada's biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack.

by Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 2:00 AM

Listen to all of MPR News' Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast

In July 2016, officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop in a Twin Cities suburb. The world watched the aftermath, live on Facebook. Yanez was charged in Castile's death. Jurors found him not guilty on all charges June 16, 2017. MPR News covered the trial on the air, online and in the 74 Seconds podcast.

by MPR News Staff

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April 23, 2018 6:42 PM

Prince heirs sue Illinois hospital over care during overdose

Prince's heirs are suing Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated him after he suffered a drug overdose just a week before he died.

by The Associated Press

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April 23, 2018 5:23 PM

Students plan sustained demonstration against gun violence leading up to Election Day

Four student organizers from Eden Prairie High School are recruiting two volunteers per weekday to hold photos and information about school shooting victims in the Capitol lobby.

by Solvejg Wastvedt

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April 23, 2018 5:07 PM

Minnesota woman suspected in 2 killings waives extradition

Minnesota and Florida have 10 days to move Lois Riess. The first state to send their authorities to retrieve her will get her.

by The Associated Press

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April 23, 2018 3:50 PM

Van attack kills 10 and injures 15 in Toronto; driver in custody

A van apparently jumped onto a sidewalk Monday at a busy intersection in Toronto and struck down pedestrians before the vehicle was found and the driver taken into custody, Canadian police said.

by The Associated Press

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