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…
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Attorney General defends executive actions on guns as legal
By ALAN FRAM Attorney General Loretta Lynch defended President Barack Obama’s executive actions curbing guns, telling lawmakers Wednesday that the president took lawful, common-sense steps to stem firearms violence that…
The Latest: Protests to converge on Chicago City Hall
By The Associated Press The latest developments in the city of Chicago’s efforts to deal with fatal police shootings and police accountability (all times local): 7:45 a.m. At least four…
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…
Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TAMI ABDOLLAH The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State…
Cruz, on Senate floor, accuses GOP leader McConnell of lying
By ERICA WERNER and LAURIE KELLMAN In a stunning attack on a leader of his own party, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying to…
BP to pay record $18.7 billion to states affected by spill
By KEVIN McGILL, REBECCA SANTANA and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN More than five years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history fouled beaches, coated seabirds in thick goo and threatened…
White man sought in killing of 9 people in black church
By ALEX SANZ and RUSS BYNUM An intense manhunt was underway Thursday for a white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church…