Prosecutor says no indictment in Sandra Bland jail death
By MICHAEL GRACZYK A grand jury decided that neither sheriff’s officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a black woman who died in a Texas county jail…
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Retired French policeman detained after fake bomb found
By ANGELA CHARLTON A retired French police officer traveling on Air France was detained Monday after a fake bomb hidden in a lavatory forced his Paris-bound flight to make an…
Trump picked stock fraud felon as senior adviser
By JEFF HORWITZ Donald Trump tapped a man to be a senior business adviser to his real-estate empire even after the man’s past involvement in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud…
Broken system lets problem officers jump from job to job
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATT SEDENSKY Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include raping women…
Jury selection underway in trial of ex-NY Assembly speaker
Jury selection has started in the corruption trial of a former New York Assembly speaker charged with accepting nearly $4 million in payoffs and kickbacks. Federal Judge Valerie Caproni is…
Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct
By MATT SEDENSKY and NOMAAN MERCHANT Flashing lights pierced the black of night, and the big white letters made clear it was the police. The woman pulled over was a…
Justices review DA’s choice of all-white murder trial jury
By MARK SHERMAN and KATE BRUMBACK Prosecutor Stephen Lanier’s meaning was unmistakable when he urged jurors in north Georgia to sentence the defendant to death in part to deter other…
Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI
Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in a hush-money scheme, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends he serve no more than six months…