Police agencies on edge, on guard amid heightened threats
By GREG SCHREIER Police agencies across the U.S. are on edge and on guard after receiving threats and calls for violence against them on social media in the aftermath of…
Human rights and civil liberties
Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Baton Rouge protest
By REBECCA SANTANA A prominent Black Lives Matter activist was one of several people arrested Saturday night during an often-tense protest in Louisiana that included a contingent of hundreds of…
Black activists hope killings prompt more action from whites
By DAVID CRARY Since the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement three years ago, many white Americans have wrestled with how to respond. Some chose racist-tinged ridicule. Others, by…
Minnesota police kill man in car; video is widely shared
By STEVE KARNOWSKI The fatal shooting of a black man in his car by a Minnesota police officer went viral Thursday, its aftermath broadcast live over Facebook by the victim’s…
Man fatally shot by police in Minnesota; video investigated
By STEVE KARNOWSKI A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities are looking into whether the aftermath…
US: Up to 116 civilians killed in drone, other air attacks
By DEB RIECHMANN The White House said Friday that as many as 116 civilians have been killed by drone and other U.S. strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Africa since President…
At 150, KKK sees opportunities in US political trends
By JAY REEVES Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan died and was reborn before losing the fight against civil rights…
Trump’s ‘America First’ echoes old isolationist rallying cry
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump boils down his foreign policy agenda to two words: “America First.” For students of U.S. history, that slogan harkens back to…