Crime, Law and Justice

Making schools safer: Harsh consequences, or second chances?
The tragedy in Parkland, Fla., this year kicked off a national debate over how to reduce school violence: through tighter security and tougher discipline ... or more help for troubled students?
As fentanyl seeps into drugs, activists urge users to test
Activists are teaching people who use drugs to test their supplies to see if they're contaminated with the dangerous opioid fentanyl.
Ketamine use criticized in Mpls. City Council committee
Civil rights director Velma Korbel said staff from the Office of Police Conduct Review monitored body camera footage of use of force incidents last fall. "During this review process, several instances were observed of individuals being injected with an unknown substance by emergency medical professionals."
Minnesota man sentenced to 3 years for assaults
A judge on Thursday sentenced a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student to three years in prison for sexually assaulting three female students and choking or stalking two others.
Groups sue feds over mineral leases near the Boundary Waters
A group of nine northeastern Minnesota businesses and an environmental group sued the U.S. Department of the Interior Thursday over two federal mineral leases to a company seeking to build a copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The Justice Ministry says in a statement that Sara Netanyahu stands accused of misusing public funds by fraudulently ordering hundreds of meals to the prime minister's official residence worth over $100,000 while falsely stating there were no cooks on staff.