Wave Of Gun Bills Comes Before Obama's Visit
Minnesota prosecutors said Thursday that they need more power to charge violent felons with gun crimes.
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Minnesota prosecutors said Thursday that they need more power to charge violent felons with gun crimes.
Two South Dakota lawmakers with roots in law enforcement said Thursday that people charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana should be able to defend themselves in court by arguing they need if for medical reasons.
The father accused of killing his three daughters in River Falls, Wis. last summer made another appearance in court on Thursday.
More details have been released in the assault of four Stillwater prison staff members by an inmate Wednesday.
The Cold Spring police officer who reportedly failed to get out of his squad car last November when Officer Tom Decker was shot and killed has resigned, city officials say.
An inmate attack Wednesday at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater, Minn., sent two people to the hospital, and hurt two others.
A Texas district judge on Wednesday reaffirmed an earlier ruling that requires the Boy Scouts of America to turn over so-called "perversion" files kept on abuse claims, one of three states where the Scouts are involved in court battles over the private files.
The mayor of Minneapolis wants to reduce gun violence in the city and he's taking a new approach.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gave a brief, but emotional, testimony before a Senate panel looking into gun violence Wednesday.
A 37-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to drug charges alleging she gave her 12-year-old daughter heroin, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Wednesday.
The FBI says it is looking into allegations that two agents intimidated a Somali man.
The 49-year-old woman who received no fewer than four speeding tickets last week after flying down on I-90 as fast as 112 mph has been identified.
A federal judge in Minnesota has sentenced a Colorado man to more than four years in prison for scamming investors out of $7 million.
A Maple Grove city councilwoman has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from her dying father.
Minnesota recorded the lowest number of murders from domestic abuse in 20 years last year.
