The man who shot two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses was sentenced to life in prison during a sentencing hearing on Thursday.

Vance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, was sentenced to two life terms in prison followed by 40 years Thursday morning.

Vance Boelter, the man charged with killing a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband last year, was sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty last month. Boelter, 59, pleaded guilty in June in a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty after initially entering a not guilty plea following his

A federal judge sentenced Vance Boelter to two life prison sentences plus 40 years for the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.

The police shooting death of a man with a knife has roiled Wisconsin's capital city and prompted the governor to call for transparency and accountability in any investigation

Police Chief John Patterson said an officer shot and killed a man during an attempted arrest. The man drew a knife during the arrest and injured the officer who fired.

Madison’s chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin’s capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest

The shooting death of a man by police who injured an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled the city of Madison, Wisconsin.

Tropical Storm Bertha made a second landfall near the Texas-Louisiana state line Thursday, ending its slow crawl across the U.S. Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center said Bertha should weaken rapidly over land after its center came onshore Thursday afternoon about 75 miles (115 kilometers) northeast of Galveston,

As of 1 p.m. July 22, forecasters predict Tropical Storm Bertha will track north of the Coastal Bend, though it could still head south.

Tropical Storm Bertha has made a second landfall near the Texas-Louisiana state line, ending its slow crawl across the U.S. Gulf Coast

By Thursday morning, Bertha will probably still be inching along the Louisiana coastline and moving toward Texas, where scattered downpours are expected into Thursday night — po

A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department

Jack Smith's lawyers call Jim Jordan's criminal referral "meritless," claiming Trump ordered his prosecution and questions focused on toll records.

The former special counsel led two criminal investigations of President Trump and has been a frequent target of Trump's ire on social media.

The former special counsel’s legal team said Smith’s criminal referral “reflects a chilling eagerness to weaponize the justice system.”

The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would update state law governing abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy, allowing physicians to provide medically

Massachusetts residents seeking reproductive care later in pregnancy may no longer need to travel out of state under a bill passed Wednesday by the state House of Representatives. The legislation updates state laws allowing licensed physicians to determine when an abortion after 24 weeks is medically necessary,

The Massachusetts House voted to loosen restrictions on abortions later in pregnancy on Wednesday. Why it matters: The bill replaces the state's current four-part test for abortions at 24 weeks or later that requires the procedure be necessary to preserve life or health,

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Two different autopsies have been performed on Nolan Wells after the 18-year-old's family pushed for an independent review of his body. On July 22, Wells' family's attorney, Ben Crump, announced at a news conference that an independent autopsy,

An independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Wells shows that the cause of death is undetermined pending an investigation, according to attorney Ben Crump.

The family of Nolan Wells released its preliminary independent autopsy on the Mississippi teen who was found dead after a Fourth of July boating trip with friends. CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi explains the limitations of the second,

Weeks after an 18-year-old’s body was found floating face-down near an island off the Mississippi coast, an independent autopsy requested by his family has yielded no solid answers about what led to his death.