Category Archives: Justice
Arizona Senate releases more records of 2020 election review
PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers representing the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate in a review of 2020 election results in the state's most populous county released a slew of communications between GOP lawmakers, their audit liasions and others under a court...
Ex-FBI official accused of claiming hours he didn’t work
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former section chief at the FBI’s Quantico laboratory is facing federal charges, accused of claiming nearly 900 hours of work he didn’t do over four years, according to court documents.
Mixed feelings in El Paso about looser Texas gun limits
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Martin Portillo got a gun after the mass shooting at a Walmart in his hometown of El Paso two years ago, even though it went against his upbringing.
South Dakota governor sends AG crash investigation to House
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday renewed her efforts to force the state’s attorney general from office after he hit and killed a pedestrian last year, delivering to the House speaker an external hard
Alabama sets new execution date for inmate for 1991 murder
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has rescheduled the execution of a state inmate who had a lethal injection called off in February when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with his request to have his personal pastor with him in the
1 student killed in shooting at North Carolina high school
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — One student was killed in a shooting at a North Carolina high school Wednesday and authorities were looking for the suspect, officials said.
Oklahoma board sets dates for high-profile death-row inmates
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has set tentative dates for clemency hearings for high-profile death row inmate Julius Jones and five others who have exhausted their legal appeals.
Gunmen kidnap 73 students in latest attack on Nigeria school
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted 73 students in yet another school attack in northwestern Nigeria on Wednesday, police said, prompting authorities to close all primary and secondary schools across Zamfara state.
First set of Justice Dept. agents now wearing body cams
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has identified the first set of federal agents to wear body cameras under a new policy that reversed a yearslong ban, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.
Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative in
