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International law tangles Minnesota custody battle

International law tangles Minnesota custody battle

A Minnesota family's attempt to settle custody of their four children is caught up in international treaty law with Japan. A court date is set for Friday.
by Manda Lillie

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5 questions after hearing oral arguments over Trump's travel ban

5 questions after hearing oral arguments over Trump's travel ban

On Tuesday night, lawyers debated the temporary suspension of the president's travel ban. The arguments raised issues about the limits of executive power and the constitutional rights of noncitizens.
by Joel Rose

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Federal judges express skepticism about Trump travel ban

Federal judges express skepticism about Trump travel ban

The hearing before the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges was the greatest legal challenge yet to the ban, which has upended travel to the U.S. for more than a week and tested the new administration's use of executive power.
by Associated Press

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Ventura loses appeal to reinstate $1.8M verdict

Ventura loses appeal to reinstate $1.8M verdict

Ventura took issue with "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle's claim that Kyle punched Ventura at a California bar in 2006 for offensive comments about the SEALs.
by The Associated Press

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Judge tosses lawsuit that threatened small-town newspaper

Judge tosses lawsuit that threatened small-town newspaper

The Timberjay, an award-winning northern Minnesota paper, was sued by its part-owners in what the publisher labeled an act of retaliation.
by Cody Nelson

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Family of U student who froze to death suing first responders

A wrongful death suit filed last week says first responders were negligent by failing to follow their own hypothermia protocol when Jacob "Jake" Anderson was found frozen below the 10th Avenue Bridge in December 2013.
by Emma Sapong

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Judge Miles Lord remembered as the 'people's judge'

Judge Miles Lord remembered as the 'people's judge'

Lord died Saturday at the age of 97. He served nearly 20 years as a federal judge, was one of the founders of the state's DFL party and also served as state attorney general.
by MPR News Staff

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