The search for an impartial jury in Trump’s hush money case resumesApril 18, 2024 11:54 AMBy Ximena Bustillo Jury selection continues in the trial focused on the former president. Trump is present in the courtroom while New Yorkers answer personal questions about their ability to serve on the jury.
States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why April 18, 2024 5:05 AMBy Chiara Eisner A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by lethal injection than they did with prisoners of other races. Execution workers and race experts said they're not surprised.
Sentencing date set for Apple River stabbing caseApril 17, 2024 5:01 PMBy MPR News StaffA sentencing date has been set for the Minnesota man convicted last week in the fatal stabbing of a teenager while tubing on a western Wisconsin river.
Minnesota toddler dies after fall from South Dakota hotel windowApril 17, 2024 12:35 PMBy MPR News Staff and The Associated PressThe parents of 1-year-old Madden Hein posted on Facebook that their son died Monday, two days after falling at Club House Hotel & Suites in Sioux Falls.
Play4min 29secCobb family files federal civil rights suit against troopers in traffic stop shootingApril 17, 2024 4:00 AMBy Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Jon CollinsThe lawsuit alleges two Minnesota State Patrol troopers used excessive force and violated Ricky Cobb II’s civil rights during a traffic stop last year along Interstate 94 in Minneapolis that ended with one of the troopers killing Cobb.
Minnesota BCA releases details in Minnetonka police shootingApril 16, 2024 4:29 PMBy Peter CoxThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released the deputies’ names, along with a summary of the incident Tuesday.
Rochester police investigating racial slur on bridgeApril 16, 2024 2:23 PMBy Catharine RichertState Patrol was first to respond and removed the cups that spelled out the derogatory term before local police could arrive.
Marijuana party’s status on the line as Minnesota Supreme Court weighs challengeApril 16, 2024 1:12 PMBy Brian BakstThe Legal Marijuana Now Party is at risk of losing the major-party status it won in 2018, which qualifies it for campaign subsidies and ballot access. The state Supreme Court expects to decide a challenge by mid-May.
Play5min 07secSupreme Court hears challenge to law used to prosecute hundreds of Jan. 6 defendantsApril 16, 2024 7:08 AMBy Nina Totenberg The case tests the statute used to prosecute hundreds of defendants charged with invading the Capitol to stop the counting of electoral ballots for president in 2020.
Court says private vehicle is ‘public place’ under Minnesota gun lawApril 15, 2024 4:57 PMBy Matt SepicThe Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a person’s vehicle is a public place under the state’s permit-to-carry law. The case involves the 2022 arrest of a man who was allegedly carrying a BB gun in his car without a permit.