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Read More »Somali man who left U.S. to join al-Shabab now in ICE custody
A Minnesota man who left the U.S. in 2007 and joined the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia was released from federal prison on Thursday.
Read More »Across the Region: Feb. 2
Legal news from the Midwest region.
Read More »Wisconsin Crime Lab ‘issues’ delay homicide trial
Columbia County District Attorney Jane Kohlwey said prosecutors recently discovered “issues” with several pieces of evidence that were supposed to have been analyzed by the crime lab.
Read More »Jury to decide if Toyota involved in 2006 crash had defect
Koua Fong Lee’s Camry rear-ended an Oldsmobile at high speed on July 10, 2006, as he drove up an Interstate 94 off-ramp in St. Paul.
Read More »Stack Bros. accused of age discrimination
The EEOC alleges Stack Bros. Mechanical Contractors, of Superior, violated federal law by firing two employees when they reached age 62.
Read More »Judge rejects farm groups’ lawsuit to keep EPA data private
The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council filed the lawsuit in Minneapolis in 2013 after some activist groups requested the Environmental Protection Agency data under the Freedom of Information Act.
Read More »Minnesota terror suspect ordered released to halfway house
Abdullahi Yusuf, 18, will have limited hours outside the halfway house and will be monitored.
Read More »Segregation changes planned for psychiatric hospital
Patients at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter with a history of violent outbursts would move to separate homes with specially trained staff.
Read More »Lawmakers: Kids not always first in child protection system
The move to strengthen a state child-protection system is a response to some high-profile cases where mistreated children died or suffered severe injury despite warning signs social service workers didn't act on.
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