AP poll: Police killings of blacks voted top story of 2014
By DAVID CRARY The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere — and the investigations and tumultuous protests they inspired — was the top news story of…
Judiciary
Ariz. sheriff aims to halt Obama immigration order
By PETE YOST A gadfly attorney and an Arizona county sheriff want to halt President Barack Obama’s immigration order in the first courtroom battle over an initiative designed to spare…
Tsarnaev lawyer says he plans to seek trial delay
By DENISE LAVOIE Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court Thursday for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013, and his lawyer said the defense…
Reformers target traffic courts in Ferguson
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER In the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death, legal activists suggested that some of the raw anger that erupted in suburban St. Louis had its roots in…
$40M settlement reported in Central Park rape case
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – This 1990 file photo provided by Sundance Selects shows accused rapist Yusef Salaam, second right, being escorted by police in New York in 1990. Salaam…
What’s next for Libya suspect, on ship and beyond?
By ERIC TUCKER and NANCY BENAC This undated image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who…
US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and NANCY BENAC President Barack Obama speaks about the capture of Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi, during his visit to TechShop in Pittsburgh,…
AP Source: Donald Sterling hires investigators
By TAMI ABDOLLAH FILE – In this Dec. 19, 2011, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling gestures while watching the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an…