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Crime, Law and Justice

Minnesota sues EPA over rollback of vehicle emission rules

Minnesota sues EPA over rollback of vehicle emission rules

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced its intent to abandon stricter greenhouse gas emission regulations for 2022-2025 model year vehicles.
by Cody Nelson

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Hennepin Co.: 'Staggering' number of inmates are opioid abusers

Hennepin Co.: 'Staggering' number of inmates are opioid abusers

One in five inmates at the Hennepin County jail last December self-reported a history of opioid use or abuse; an "astonishing" number said they'd overdosed, Sheriff Rich Stanek said Tuesday.
by Brandt Williams

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Minnesota deputy charged in Wisconsin child sex crimes

Minnesota deputy charged in Wisconsin child sex crimes

Sixty-year-old Jeffrey Masek is charged in Barron County with child enticement-sexual contact, attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child and using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
by The Associated Press

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Australian cardinal to face trial on sexual abuse charges

Australian cardinal to face trial on sexual abuse charges

George Pell, the former archbishop of Sydney, is the highest-ranking Catholic Church official ever to face such charges. Pell denies the allegations.
by Scott Neuman

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In the Dark Season 2: Man tried 6 times for the same crime

In the Dark Season 2: Man tried 6 times for the same crime

This season of In the Dark, back Tuesday, is about the prosecution of a Mississippi man who's been tried six times for the same crime and the prosecutor who's spent two decades trying to execute him.
by MPR News Staff

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Charges: Pharmacist stole 20,000 pills, including opioids

According to the criminal complaint filed in March, pharmacist Jeffrey Flynn Grothaus was caught on surveillance video making adjustments to drug inventory lists. He is charged with four counts of felony theft by swindle.
by Matt Sepic

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Vandals puncture and slash car tires in Bloomington

Bloomington police say they're investigating a wave of tire slashings that disabled dozens of cars over the weekend.
by Tim Nelson

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