A special court ordered round-the-clock police security for a witness in the 1993 bombings case, citing threats to him and his family.

Melissa Hortman lay in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert.

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman laid in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on ...

The state will not pursue the death penalty for a man convicted of killing two people at a bowling alley in northeast ...

Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard Jordan, who suffered from PTSD after three combat tours in Vietnam.

Japan executed a man yesterday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nea ...