Crime, Law and Justice

March 12, 2018 4:00 AM

Families, cops push bill requiring 'hands-free' driving

A House committee will hear testimony on a bill that would require drivers to use Bluetooth or a single headphone if they want to talk on the phone while driving.

by Nina Moini

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March 11, 2018 11:30 AM

Car crash kills two Braham Area High School students

A senior and junior from Braham Area High School died as a result of crash Saturday about seven miles west of Mora.

by Peter Cox

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March 10, 2018 11:25 AM

Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks

New regulation would classify bump stocks as a machine gun banned under federal law, reversing a 2010 decision by the ATF.

by Associated Press

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March 10, 2018 7:30 AM

California gunman in veteran center killings was ex-patient

Three women were killed in California after a daylong standoff at a Veterans Home. The gunman, a former patient, had been kicked out of a treatment program at the facility.

by Associated Press

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March 9, 2018 8:16 PM

Rep. Lesch asks judge to toss defamation suit

A Minnesota state lawmaker is asking a judge to dismiss a defamation suit filed by another public official. St. Paul City Attorney Lyndsey Olson sued Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, last month.

by Matt Sepic

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March 9, 2018 4:43 PM

Police haven't reached gunman with hostages at veterans home

A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities and family members said.

by The Associated Press

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March 9, 2018 2:52 PM

ICE keeps Augsburg prof from Kenya in limbo

Immigration officials told the professor to come back next month.

by Riham Feshir

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March 9, 2018 1:04 PM

'Pharma Bro' cries in court, apologizes for fraud, gets 7 years

Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds.

by Associated Press

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March 9, 2018 9:59 AM

Put down the phone: Texting-while-driving citations jump in Minnesota

Citations have doubled the past few years even as write-ups for speeding and seat belt use decline, state officials said Friday as they urged people to stay focused on the road.

by Martin Moylan

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March 9, 2018 8:39 AM

Guilty plea in sexting free speech challenge

A former middle school cafeteria worker who argued the sexually explicit photos and texts she sent to a student were constitutionally-protected free speech has now pleaded guilty to felony charges in Dakota County.

by The Associated Press

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