Crime, Law and Justice

Supreme Court throws out Minnesota voter attire law
The Minnesotans who challenged a state law restricting what people can wear when they vote are celebrating a U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday that struck it down.
The male victim was found in an intersection. He died a short time later at a hospital.
Maplewood woman sentenced to 8 more years in opioid overdose death
Minnesota is one of the 20 states that have drug-induced homicide laws allowing a prosecutor to charge someone who delivers or provides illegal drugs to a victim of an overdose death.
SUV driver charged with plowing into Mpls. playground, injuring kids
Authorities said Kabaar Powell was trying to outrun state troopers when he struck three young siblings at a playground Monday, leaving two of the kids with life-threatening injuries.
What the data say about police chases and deadly crashes
Three young children were seriously injured when a motorist fleeing state troopers crashed into a north Minneapolis playground. About a third of people who die in police chases nationwide are uninvolved pedestrians or motorists. But Minnesota has one of the lowest rates of fatalities from police pursuits in the country.
Authorities on Tuesday had asked for the public's help finding Isiah Wright, 15, who had unspecified health problems and hadn't been seen by his mother since they had a June 8 disagreement.
The ACLU is suing the city of Faribault over a housing ordinance. ACLU lawyers say the city tried to force out Somali immigrants and African-Americans.
A registered sex offender who sued a Twin Cities suburb over its restrictions on where he could live will receive $84,000 as part of a settlement agreement.