Brown County District Court • Abel L. Vasquez, 26, 2412 N. Broadway, New Ulm, was charged Sept. 22 with felony assault-past pattern of child abuse, assault-victim under 4, two counts of malicious punishment of a child, and two misdemeanor counts of domestic assault. Bail without conditions ...

SPEEDING Stephanie L. Van Epps, 507 Park St. S., Fairfax, 75/55, $205. Todd S. Wilmes, 19198 Midway Ave., Springfield, 70/60, $125. Amy Sue B. Altmann, 329 2nd Ave. N.E., Sleepy Eye, 74/55, $145. Jose R. Aerreola, 10234 7th St. S., St. James, 78/55, $225. Denny J. Bartlow, Sartell, 69/55, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge signaled Wednesday that she plans to order disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly to pay more than $300,000 to one his victims in a decades-long scheme to use his fame to sexually abuse young fans. A restitution order by U.S. District Judge Ann Connelly that ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges accusing him of raping and choking a woman at his home in Louisiana and of possessing several drugs. The 51-year-old performer whose given name is Michael Tyler is innocent of all charges, ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate the price of pork. The latest meat-industry settlement will likely reinforce concerns that the White House, members ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial," a true-crime series that transfixed listeners and ...