Crime, Law and Justice

Anoka County Sheriff's Cmdr. Paul Sommer says the man was armed with a knife and climbed on to the roof of the home as it was burning Wednesday evening.
Kaddish: Reflections on the Holocaust in Words and Music
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, "Kaddish: Reflections on the Holocaust in Music and Words," by MPR's Mindy Ratner.
Metro Transit spokesperson Howie Padilla said police are trying to track down the young man who attacked a Metro Transit bus driver in Minneapolis on Tuesday, and they're asking the public for tips.
Murder charges: 6-year-old was duct-taped to wall, had injuries from head to toe
Prosecutors say Bobbie Christine Bishop and Walter Henry Wynhoff beat the child they were caring for repeatedly with a belt, and that a detective noted the boy's body was covered with sores, cuts and scratches.
Authorities say the boy was unconscious and not breathing when he was brought to a hospital Monday morning. Attempts to revive him at the hospital failed.
The grenades seized were part of a larger number intended to be destroyed. Instead, senior master sergeant in the United States Air Force took 33 grenades to his Cloquet home without authorization.
Police in Fergus Falls say they're investigating the death of a child who was unconscious and not breathing when brought to a local hospital.