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Crime, Law and Justice

Researchers look for gun violence clues in Google searches and background checks

Researchers look for gun violence clues in Google searches and background checks

After the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., there was a spike in gun sales. A study examined the spike and links increased gun exposure to more accidental firearm deaths.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Ex-cop gets 20 years in prison for fatal shooting

Ex-cop gets 20 years in prison for fatal shooting

A white former South Carolina officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for fatally shooting an unarmed black motorist in the back in 2015, wrapping up a case that became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.
by The Associated Press

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Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon sued for sex harassment

According to court documents, Wendy Haskell alleges Moon made "unwanted and unsolicited" sexual advances while she worked for Sports 1 Marketing. Moon is the co-founder and president of the company.
by The Associated Press

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Plan would give immigration defendants free legal aid in Hennepin County

Plan would give immigration defendants free legal aid in Hennepin County

Some inmates in the Hennepin County jail don't know they can refuse to talk to ICE. Two new budget amendments aim to offer legal help to any Hennepin County resident facing deportation.
by Riham Feshir

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As life's pressures mounted, he left Minnesota for ISIS

As life's pressures mounted, he left Minnesota for ISIS

Friends say Abdifatah Ahmed was depressed and financially strapped, but was no religious fanatic. Something happened, though, during a November 2013 trip to London. Ahmed never returned to his Minneapolis family. He would become the first Minnesotan to join ISIS.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case

Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case

On a sharply divided Supreme Court, the justice in the middle seemed conflicted Tuesday in the court's high-stakes consideration of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012.
by The Associated Press

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