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In this courtroom sketch, Vance Boelter, right, who is charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another, is seen at a federal court hearing Monday, June 16, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (Cedric Hohnstadt via AP)

Man charged with killing prominent lawmaker could face a rarity for Minnesota: the death penalty

The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face the death penalty, something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration.

Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs prepares to read a statement in court during sentencing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP,File)

Former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs apologizes to family of woman he killed while driving 156 mph

David Carlson, Vance Boelter's best friend since fourth grade, tears up as he talks about Boelter outside their shared residence on Fremont Ave. N. in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)

Childhood friend says Minnesota suspect had ‘darkness inside of him’

The scene of a fatal shooting outside Hush, a hookah lounge, in the Five Points neighborhood of Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

It may be ‘very difficult’ to find fair jury for man accused of killing 18 people, lawyer says

ADDS NAME: A Kenyan policeman, center, prepares to shoot vendor Boniface Kariuk, left, during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Photos capture shooting of a man by a Kenyan police officer during protests against police brutality

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Sex trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs nears end

The jury in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial is expected to start deliberating in the coming days. The prosecution rested Tuesday after they presented more than six-weeks of evidence against the 55-year-old hip-hop mogul. (AP video: Carrie Antlfinger)

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Law enforcement officials dress up in protective gear to investigative an attack on the Pearl Street Mall, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

FBI says 8 injured in Colorado attack by man with makeshift flamethrower who yelled ‘Free Palestine’

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In this image taken from video, police and investigators gather at the scene of a police shooting in Atlanta on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (WSB via AP)

Police officer fatally shoots person at Atlanta apartment complex

Authorities determine the cause of death of a man whose burned body was found on Stone Mountain

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna addresses the media in Castaic, Calif, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

1 officer killed, 1 wounded and another man dead in Los Angeles County shooting

In this image taken from WSOC video, various police vehicles gather outside a community after a mass shooting, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Hickory, a city in Catawba County, N.C. (WSOC via AP)

Shooting leaves 1 dead, 11 hurt on a North Carolina street during a house party

Authorities investigating death after burnt body found on Stone Mountain near Atlanta

FILE -Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Key moments from the third week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams talks during a news conference at his office, Jan. 19, 2022, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

New Orleans DA pulls out of jailbreak investigation amid conflict of interest allegation

In Peru, motorcyclists protest new requirements which they say are ‘discriminatory’

William Duplessie, charged with kidnapping and torture for trying to steal a man's Bitcoin password, appears in Manhattan Criminal court, Friday, May 30, 2025. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

2nd suspect in Manhattan crypto kidnapping and torture case indicted

The Rev. James Talbot is shown in Suffolk Superior Court Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, in Boston. (Matt Stone/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Convicted former Catholic priest exposed by Spotlight investigation dies at 87

This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the room where inmates are executed in Columbus, S.C. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)

South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection amid concerns about firing squad

Assistant US Attorney Madison Smyser, center, asks Special Agent Gerard Gannon, far right, to stand and show the jury the high heeled platform red shoes found along with fire arms during a search of Combs' Star Island residence during Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Manhattan federal court, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers say ex-assistant’s social media posts undercut her rape allegation

This photo provided by Telemundo Kansas City shows television reporter Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Missouri, who was found dead in his hotel room in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner during Super Bowl week. (Telemundo Kansas City via AP, File)

3rd suspect arrested in connection with death of a Super Bowl reporter in New Orleans

Police set up checkpoints looking for escaped prisoner Grant Hardin, Thursday, May 29, 2025, near downtown Calico Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Nicholas Ingram)

Bloodhounds hunting ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ fugitive are seen as key part of manhunt

In this photo provided by the Horry County Police Department, police officers respond to the scene of a shooting on Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Little River, S.C. (Horry County Police Department via AP)

Teen arrested in South Carolina party boat shooting that hurt 11 people

Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire coast, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in England. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian captain denies manslaughter in North Sea collision as he faces UK trial

Brand pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault in London court

Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik stands outside the Federal Court in Washington, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69

This photo shows the entrance of the Honolulu Police Department in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Marina Riker, File)

A lawsuit says Honolulu police are arresting people for impaired driving even when they are sober

Reward for tips leading to arrest increased in hunt for 2 Louisiana fugitives

A man charged in a 2013 Pennsylvania campus sex assault hires a lawyer to review possible plea deal

Lights are on at the world headquarters of Goldman Sachs in New York on Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker gets 2 years in prison for plot to fleece billions from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund

Pamela Smart answers questions from the defense in her murder conspiracy trial, March 18, 1991, in Rockingham County Superior Court in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Jon Pierre Lasseigne, File)

New Hampshire governor rejects hearing for Pamela Smart, sentenced to life for husband’s 1990 death

Capital Jewish Museum reopens after shooting that left two dead

Former District Judge Sonya McKnight, who was accused of shooting her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept, leaves the Susquehanna Twp. Police department, Feb. 15, 2024. (Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News via AP, File)

Ex-Pennsylvania judge gets prison term for shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend as he slept

Sexual assault suspect Ian Cleary departs from the Adams County Court House in Gettysburg, Pa., Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A man charged in a 2013 Pennsylvania campus sex assault hires a lawyer to review possible plea deal

The historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., is seen after it was set on fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht, File)

Foundations donate $1.5M to help restore historic Black church in Memphis gutted by arson