Crime, Law and Justice

April 25, 2018 6:46 AM

Danish court sentences inventor to life for woman's murder in 'submarine case'

A Copenhagen court has sentenced eccentric inventor Peter Madsen to life in prison over the murder of journalist Kim Wall.

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April 24, 2018 8:31 PM

Oregon knew of abuse case against family that went off cliff

Oregon child welfare officials knew the family in an SUV that plunged off a California cliff had faced a child abuse investigation in another state when it looked into allegations in 2013.

by The Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 7:35 PM

3 shot, including 2 police officers, in Dallas

Police said the officers are in critical condition. "Dallas is at the precipice looking into the hell of heartbreak," the city's mayor said.

by Barbara Campbell and Jacob Pinter

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April 24, 2018 6:15 PM

Grandson indicted in Minnesota couple's killing

A central Minnesota man now faces first-degree murder charges in the killings of his grandparents, who had taken him into their home.

by The Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 5:47 PM

Online post suggests rampage suspect may have resented women

The gender issue arose because of what police called a "cryptic" Facebook message posted by Minassian just before the incident that suggested he was part of an online community angry over their inability to form relationships with women.

by The Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 4:50 PM

MPD officer denies sexually assaulting woman

Thomas Tichich testified that he did not take advantage of a woman who prosecutors say was passed out after a night of drinking in December of 2016.

by Brandt Williams

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April 24, 2018 3:12 PM

Minnesota weighs keeping legal opening for cameras in courts

The Minnesota Supreme Court is weighing whether it should make permanent a pilot project that allowed news cameras in criminal courtrooms. Here's a look at some of the issues before the justices.

by The Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 8:41 AM

Former UW-Stevens Point director fatally shot in Minnesota

Authorities say a man fatally shot in northeastern Minnesota was the former director of the Native American Center at the University of Wisconsin-Steven Point.

by Associated Press

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April 24, 2018 7:44 AM

Waffle House shooting underscores how gun laws vary from state to state

Travis Reinking's guns were seized in Illinois, but he may have broken no laws by having those guns -- including an AR-15 -- when he moved to Tennessee late last year.

by Meribah Knight

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April 24, 2018 6:12 AM

Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk

Police in Canada's biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack.

by Associated Press

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