North Carolina governor files lawsuit over LGBT rights law
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and EMERY P. DALESIO North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration sued the federal government Monday in a fight for a state law that requires transgender people…
Civil rights violations
US government: North Carolina LGBT law violates civil rights
By EMERY P. DALESIO and GARY D. ROBERTSON A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department…
Ferguson is defiant again in deal with Justice Department
By JIM SALTER and ERIC TUCKER Defiance has often defined Ferguson in the 18 months since a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown and provoked an examination of how poor…
Streets calm after 71 arrested in Cleveland protests
By MARK GILLISPIE The streets returned to calm Sunday after police arrested dozens of demonstrators overnight when protests grew increasingly aggressive in the wake of a patrolman’s acquittal in the…
Court blocks ruling on NY police stop-frisk policy
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2013 file photo, police officers take a report from a woman who had her phone stolen in the…
GOVT TO DECLASSIFY SOME SECRET COURT OPINIONS
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June…
LAW GIVES TRIBES NEW AUTHORITY OVER NON-INDIANS
By FELICIA FONSECA FILE – In this March 1, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to reporters after meeting with congressional leaders in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013. Obama…