Federal and state officials are pooling millions of dollars to add more police officers to combat Kansas City’s gun violence, but research has shown that changing the way police interact with people is likely to have a greater impact on ...

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Federal and state officials are pooling millions of dollars to add more police officers to combat Kansas City’s gun violence, but research has shown that changing the way police interact with people is likely to have a greater impact on ...

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A federal judge has denied a bid by the U.S. government to throw out a records lawsuit from a man who served 20 years in prison for a 1988 explosion which killed six firefighters, for which he maintains his innocence. ...

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The Justice Department announced Thursday that it will resume executing death row prisoners for the first time in nearly two decades. At the direction of Attorney General William Barr, the federal Bureau of Prisons has scheduled the executions of five ...

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The Justice Department announced Thursday that it will resume executing death row prisoners for the first time in nearly two decades. At the direction of Attorney General William Barr, the federal Bureau of Prisons has scheduled the executions of five ...

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The city of South Bend will examine its Police Department’s use of force, body camera regulations and other policies after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white officer, mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said this ...

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The city of South Bend will examine its Police Department’s use of force, body camera regulations and other policies after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white officer, mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said this ...

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More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how ...

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More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how ...

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The U.S. Department of Justice is backing three families who are suing to force the state of Maine to pay tuition for some students to attend religious high schools. The “Statement of Interest” filed Monday supports a lawsuit that targets ...

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The U.S. Department of Justice is backing three families who are suing to force the state of Maine to pay tuition for some students to attend religious high schools. The “Statement of Interest” filed Monday supports a lawsuit that targets ...

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