Federal charges

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor has been charged with performing genital mutilation on two young girls from Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minneapolis man is sentenced to a year in prison for threatening to blow up a mosque.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities in Minnesota have charged 21 people with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in what they describe as separate scams by six chiropractors that defrauded auto insurance companies out of more than $20 million.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York indictment charges three men with misleading investors who contributed over $12 million toward producing film projects.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) €” A Brooklyn Park man faces federal charges for allegedly distributing heroin that led to a man's death.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal trial is underway for a Minneapolis police officer charged with perjury, falsifying records and civil rights violations by using excessive force.

RICEVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A former northern Iowa vocal teacher who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in North Dakota have filed charges against a man accused of torching a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to concealing a lengthy criminal history and his military service during the Bosnian war when he entered the U.S.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered that four Minnesota men accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State remain in custody while their case is pending.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota woman who was promised $100,000 from a North Dakota man in exchange for producing and providing child pornography has been convicted in federal court.

Minneapolis, MN (KROC AM News) -  Federal prosecutors say two Minnesota men have pleaded guilty to charges involving identity theft and the filing of bogus income tax returns.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis woman who pleaded guilty to buying guns for a gang member has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man who was stopped at a New York City airport in November as he and three others were allegedly trying to travel to Syria has pleaded not guilty to charges associated with supporting the Islamic State group.