Crime, Law and Justice

Who has oversight of ICE?
Has the department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement changed under President Trump? Or has its operation been the same under previous presidential administrations?
5 years since Edward Snowden leaked documents, debate continues: traitor or hero?
National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the lid off U.S. government surveillance methods five years ago, but intelligence chiefs complain that revelations from the trove of classified documents he disclosed are still trickling out.
Twin Cities parishes react to archdiocese's $210 million settlement with abuse survivors
The Twin Cities Catholic community reacted this weekend to news that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis reached a $210 million settlement with survivors of sexual abuse by priests.
Giuliani: Trump would fight any effort to subpoena him
An attorney for President Donald Trump stressed Sunday that the president's legal team would contest any effort to force the president to testify in front of a grand jury during the special counsel's Russia probe.
From travel ban to political buttons: pending decisions from the Supreme Court
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court might release opinions in a number of significant cases, from gerrymandering challenges to religious rights disputes. We've got a roundup of the possibilities.
Concerned about elder abuse, states loan out secret cameras
Wisconsin is taking a radical step to curb abuse and get reliable evidence for prosecutions — handing out free surveillance cameras to family members so they can secretly record caregivers suspected of hurting their loved ones.
St. Paul police restrict when K-9s can be used
The new policy says dogs can be used to catch a fleeing person who's suspected of murder, manslaughter, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct or a drive-by shooting. It also lists felonies in which dogs can't be used, with exceptions.
The busboy who cradled a dying Robert F. Kennedy recalls those final moments
It's an infamous scene: Juan Romero, then a teenager, attends to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who had just been shot at LA's Ambassador Hotel. He reflects on his brief time with RFK 50 years ago.