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A suburban Minnesota police officer who killed a black driver reacted to the man's gun, not his race, his attorney said Saturday, giving the most detailed account so far of why the officer drew his own weapon. Philando Castile's girlfriend, who streamed the immediate aftermath of the shooting live on Facebook, has said he was shot several times after telling the officer he had a gun and a permit to carry it.
Congresswoman Corrine Brown and her chief of staff were indicted Friday for their roles in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent education charity according to a report by Historic City News from United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III. The 53-page, 24-count Grand Jury indictment of 69-year-old Brown of Jacksonville, and her 50-year-old chief of staff, Elias "Ronnie" Simmons of Laurel, Maryland, were published Friday, July 8th.
Here's a term you really don't want used to describe your 401 : "One of the most expensive plans in America." That's what law firm Nichols Kaster calls the $1.3 billion retirement plan at the center of a proposed class action against Fujitsu Technology and Business of America Inc. In a lawsuit filed recently in San Jose federal court, the attorneys alleged a cornucopia of fiduciary breaches tied to excessive fees, record keeping, and the components of the company's target-date funds.
In the weekly Republican address, Toomey vowed to keep fighting for the passage of the bill that would limit federal grant funding for cities that don't comply with federal immigration law. "Well, this week the Senate tried to take action on my legislation and indeed it was supported by a bipartisan majority, but unfortunately, a minority of the U.S. Senate - led by Minority Leader Harry Reid GOP senator: Outrageous for Dems to block 'sanctuary cities' bill Reid: GOP broke promise on renewable energy credits McConnell: Dallas shooting 'unconscionable' MORE - blocked us from even debating the bill," Toomey said.
In the wake of the deadly police ambush in Dallas, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke urged Americans to "condemn and shun" the Black Lives Matter movement. "I would like to see the Southern Poverty Law Center place Black Lives Matter alongside those other hate groups that were mentioned - these black nationalist groups, the Black Panther Party, the Nation of Islam," Clarke told Fox News host Megyn Kelly Friday night.
FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information. FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information.
Speaking from Warsaw July 8, 2016, President Barack Obama addressed the shooting in Dallas that left five police officers dead and several others wounded the night before. Speaking from Warsaw July 8, 2016, President Barack Obama addressed the shooting in Dallas that left five police officers dead and several others wounded the night before.
FBI director James Comey's explanation of the case against the case against Hillary Rodham Clinton - "Sure, she pretty clearly did what she's accused of doing but hey man aren't penguins cute is that a squirrel man hey check it out a squirrel!" - is a fascinating floor routine of intellectual gymnastics in and of itself, dissected in these pages by several very fine lawyers and others with much more of interest to say on the strictly legal question than I have. But it is worth considering the context.
Victims of a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak are heartened but still somewhat skeptical as to compensation funds set aside by the Department of Justice. The New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts was responsible for distributing 17,000 doses of a tainted steroid that resulted in over 750 cases, including 76 deaths, nationwide.
It's no mere academic question: Do we believe in the rule of law anymore? Are we a nation of laws or of men? The cherished idea of the rule of law in our system is about everyone's being subject to the law in equal measure. The law, including criminal law, applies even to our political leaders.
In a surprise move on Thursday, the Obama Justice Department adopted new policies that will deny federal law enforcement grants to some "sanctuary cities." According to guidance issued by the DOJ's Office of Justice Programs, cities that refuse to honor Section 1373 of the United States Code will no longer be eligible for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program grants.
Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell listens to debate in the House of Delegates in Richmond in January 2015. IN APRIL, Gov. Terry McAuliffe ordered voting rights restored to 206,000 ex-convicts in Virginia, a move in line with similar recent reforms in more than 20 states that have lifted the stigma of disenfranchisement from citizens who have served their sentences and paid their debts to society.
A bill passed by the the U.S. House this week would help victims of forced sterilization programs from being hurt again should they receive compensation from state governments for the wrongs done to them, said U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, who introduced the legislation last year. "This helps address something that is really a horrible part of our history in North Carolina and a lot of other states," McHenry said.
Summoned before Congress, FBI Director James Comey defended the decision to not prosecute Hillary Clinton over her private email setup. He said there was no evidence that she or any of her aides knew that anything they were doing was against the law.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd and signs autographs during a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center, Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd and signs autographs during a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center, Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati.
Washington Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday she has accepted the FBI's recommendation that the probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state be closed with no charges. Here are the key findings from the FBI's year-long investigation, made public at a news conference on Tuesday.
ONTARIO >> Ontario-based Prime Healthcare medical group responded Wednesday to news the federal government is joining a Medicare fraud lawsuit against the company, denying charges it admitted patients needlessly. The U.S. Department of Justice in June announced it was intervening in an employee's whistleblower lawsuit against the company, which owns and operates 14 hospitals throughout the state, including facilities in San Dimas, Garden Grove, Anaheim, Inglewood and Encino.
North Carolina State athletic director Debbie Yow knows the work to build a national top-25 sports program is even toug STORRS, Conn. - UConn has hired Temple assistant men's basketball coach Dwayne Killings to fill a similar role with the Huskies.
The request for a preliminary injunction, filed late Tuesday, provides the most extensive look yet at the Justice Department's argument that the bathroom-access requirements violate federal law. The filing comes just after North Carolina lawmakers left the measure largely intact during their session that ended Friday, all but ensuring that the measure's fate will be decided in federal court.