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Crime, Law and Justice

No charges in fatal shooting of motorist

No charges in fatal shooting of motorist

The Anoka County Attorney's Office will not file criminal charges against a motorist who fatally shot a driver who threatened others with a knife following a multi-vehicle crash.
by The Associated Press

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Prison for man who shot innocent bystander in downtown Minneapolis

Prosecutors say Delorien Chatman fought with another man then pulled out a gun and fired after him in broad daylight near a busy intersection. The bullet wounded a man waiting at a nearby bus stop.
by Brandt Williams

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Billboards seek new clues to TV anchor's 1995 disappearance

Billboards seek new clues to TV anchor's 1995 disappearance

Billboards are going up around Mason City, Iowa, asking the public for clues in the long-unsolved disappearance of Minnesota native Jodi Huisentruit.
by Cathy Wurzer

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A family torn apart by radicalization in 'Two Sisters'

A family torn apart by radicalization in 'Two Sisters'

How do people become radicalized? Journalist and author Asne Seierstad wanted to find out, so she followed two young women who went to Syria to support ISIS.
by Euan Kerr and Manda Lillie

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St. Anthony cops hearing calls for help find a bloody suspect

The suburban Minneapolis department on Wednesday offered a harrowing report of a police call that went from routine welfare check to people yelling for help and a man with blood on his hands looking to fight.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota sues pharma firm over 'brazen' marketing of opioid painkiller

Minnesota sues pharma firm over 'brazen' marketing of opioid painkiller

"They were really engaging in some very terrible conduct," Attorney General Lori Swanson said of Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics. It's Minnesota's first lawsuit targeting a pharmaceutical company over its manufacture or distribution of opioids.
by Jon Collins

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Minneapolis cop receives 4 years for sexual assault

Minneapolis cop receives 4 years for sexual assault

Thomas Tichich, 49, was convicted of third degree criminal sexual conduct and attempted sexual assault by a Hennepin County jury in April.
by Tim Nelson

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Supreme Court rejects appeal of restrictive abortion law in Arkansas

Supreme Court rejects appeal of restrictive abortion law in Arkansas

If the law, which heavily restricts abortion by medication, is allowed to permanently go into effect, it would likely shutter two of the state's three facilities that perform abortions.
by Nina Totenberg and Sarah McCammon

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When white people call the cops on people of color

There have been a series of incidents of white people calling the cops on people of color who were not committing obvious crimes: waiting in a Starbucks, leaving an AirBnb, napping in dorm common room. So why are people are so quick to judge "suspicious behavior" by people of color, and what can America do about it?
by Brandt Williams

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