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Michael Cohen, shown arriving at Trump Tower in New York in January 2017, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, lying to Congress and violating campaign finance laws. The man who once bragged that he "would take a bullet for the president" would later release a recording he had secretly made of Donald Trump discussing hush-money payments. Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.

IRS analyst charged with leaking financial documents on Michael Cohen

An Internal Revenue Service employee has been charged with leaking confidential government reports that described financial transactions made...

news/crime-and-courts 1 hour 9 min ago

Facebook video shows dog being shot in central Minnesota

STAPLES, Minn. — The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office, consulting with the Humane Society, is investigating a Facebook video of a dog being...

news/crime-and-courts 4 hours 39 sec ago

Coast Guard lieutenant ordered held 14 days while prosecutors weigh terror charges

GREENBELT, Md. - At a hearing Thursday, a Coast Guard lieutenant who used his work computer in what prosecutors contend was planning for a wide-scale...

news/crime-and-courts 4 hours 26 min ago

Jussie Smollett as Jamal in "Empire." (Photo by: Chuck Hodes — Fox)

'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett's bond set at $100,000, judge calls charges 'despicable'

Chicago police say actor Jussie Smollett concocted the story of a brutal hate crime because he was "dissatisfied with his salary" on the Fox...

news/crime-and-courts 5 hours 8 min ago

Joshua A. Nerison

Montevideo burglar sentenced to a year in jail

MONTEVIDEO — A summer-long burglary spree in Chippewa County has led to a stayed prison sentence and a one-year county jail term for a...

news/crime-and-courts 12 hours 42 min ago

Records published Feb. 14, 2019

This is the records summary for Feb. 21. Train, semi crash in Renville County RENVILLE — A semitractor-trailer driver escaped with only...

news/crime-and-courts 13 hours 12 min ago

February 20, 2019

Self-proclaimed white nationalist planned widespread terror attack, prosecutors say

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist has been arrested after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons...

news/crime-and-courts 23 hours 18 min ago

Joseph Gomm

Agency cited in Stillwater prison officer's death

The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration has alleged a serious safety violation and levied a $25,000 fine against the Minnesota...

news/crime-and-courts February 20, 2019 - 6:43pm

'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett charged with filing false police report

The Chicago Police Department announced Wednesday evening that Jussie Smollett, the actor at the center of a highly scrutinized case involving...

news/crime-and-courts February 20, 2019 - 5:42pm

Visitors stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 27, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Ron Antonelli.

Supreme Court limits power of states and localities to impose fines, seize property

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local...

news/crime-and-courts February 20, 2019 - 4:17pm

Michael John Hill

Minnesota Supreme Court declines to review sentence of probation in rape case

ST. PAUL - A sentence by a district court judge in a rape case — characterized by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office as a “slap on the...

news/crime-and-courts February 20, 2019 - 3:34pm

Records published for Feb. 20, 2019

This is the records summary for Feb. 20. BearSPICER – A Spicer resident said she believes a bear, that had been spotted roaming through town...

news/crime-and-courts February 20, 2019 - 12:10am

February 19, 2019

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses with other Justices of the United States Supreme Court during their official group photo at the Supreme Court on Nov. 30, 2018 in Washington. Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford

Ruth Bader Ginsburg back on bench as Supreme Court resumes hearings

WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back on the bench Tuesday, Feb. 19, for the first time since her recent cancer surgery as the Supreme...

news/crime-and-courts February 19, 2019 - 5:06pm

Roger Stone in December 2018. Bloomberg photo by Al Drago.

Judge in Roger Stone case orders hearing after he appeared to threaten her on Instagram

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has demanded Roger Stone explain why the conditions of his release and freedom to talk about the charges against...

news/crime-and-courts February 19, 2019 - 11:02am

Records published Feb. 19, 2019

This is the records summary for Feb. 19. Scam reported REDWOOD FALLS — The Redwood County Sheriff's Office has alerted the public of an...

news/crime-and-courts February 19, 2019 - 5:37am