Crime, Law and Justice

Florida governor signs gun restrictions 3 weeks after attack
As a gun-control bill sits on the governor's desk, the Broward County Sheriff's Office released 12 minutes of radio transmissions from its deputies and a neighboring police agency highlighting the chaos during the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
A backgrounder on background checks
The shooting in South Florida has ignited the national debate about how to fix, and whether to expand, the gun sales background check system. But what are background checks and how do they work?
Paul Manafort pleads not guilty to conspiracy, tax and bank fraud charges
The former Trump campaign chairman pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, tax and bank fraud charges. Manafort faces a separate federal trial on other charges also brought by special counsel Robert Mueller's office in a Washington, D.C., case.
Charges filed in attempted shooting of Minnesota state trooper
Attempted murder charges were filed Thursday against a Milwaukee woman for allegedly trying to shoot a state trooper who stopped to help after the vehicle she was driving slid into the ditch along Interstate 94 near Moorhead.