Hayley Miller

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Hayley Miller

The Justice Department on Monday announced six counts, including federal murder charges, against Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man accused of shooting two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses on Saturday. Boelter, who was arrested on Sunday after a two-day search, has already been charged by the state of Minnesota with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the shootings.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hayley Miller

The Justice Department on Monday announced six counts, including federal murder charges, against Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man accused of shooting two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses on Saturday. Boelter, who was arrested on Sunday after a two-day search, has already been charged by the state of Minnesota with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the shootings.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Hayley Miller

After a two-day manhunt, law enforcement agents on Sunday night arrested the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers a day earlier, killing one and injuring the other. Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was apprehended near his home in Green Isle, Minnesota, roughly 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis. He has been charged with four counts, including murder, in connection with the shootings and is scheduled to appear in court in Minneapolis on Monday at 1:30 p.m. local time.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Hayley Miller

A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in what appears to be a “politically motivated assassination” on Saturday morning, state officials said. Someone impersonating a police officer fatally shot state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, in the early hours of Saturday morning, officials said at a news conference on Saturday. Earlier, around 2 a.m. local time, the suspect opened fire on state Sen.

2 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Hayley Miller

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that the state's election board exceeded its authority when it imposed new voting rules in the months leading up to the 2024 election. The eight-justice court rejected four of seven rules adopted by the Republican-led election board that were challenged by the plaintiffs, two Georgia voters and an election policy nonprofit.