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A St. Paul man is facing illegal firearms charges.

Minnesota is under federal court pressure to rework its program that locks up sex offenders even after they serve out prison terms. It's a system that the state's political leaders have vigorously defended and resisted changing.

A federal judge has ordered a Minnesota man accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group to be held without bail.

A Minnesota woman is charged in federal court with stealing a passport so she could travel to Syria.

A St. Cloud man who is deemed a career criminal has been sentenced to 17 years in a federal prison for being a felon in possession of a gun.

A 65-year-old Little Falls man has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $48,000 from the Social Security Administration. Bruce Holman acknowledged in Federal Court that he has received Social Security Disability Insurance payments since 1992.

A St. Cloud man who is deemed a career criminal has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a gun. 24-year-old Shawn Roering admitted that he had a stolen semi-automatic rifle and tried to sell it last August.

A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to seven years in a federal prison for possession of child pornography. 28-year-old Steven Braun pleaded guilty last December to having more than 600 images and videos of child pornography on his computer.

A 23-year-old St. Cloud man was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for robbing a TCF Bank last May. Salamo Rakotojoelinandrasana earlier pleaded guilty to walking into the St. Cloud TCF Bank, showing a gun and demanding money.

Three people from St. Cloud have pleaded guilty to federal charges of aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a gun. 23-year-old Victor Shelton, 26-year-old Orlando Walker and 31-year-old Shila Robinson pleaded guilty in Minneapolis Federal Court. They were part of a large drug bust that reached into the Twin Cities area.