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…
Municipal governments
California protesters march for 4th straight night
KRISTIN J. BENDER Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley streets for a fourth straight night, briefly blocking…
US Justice Department report released Cleveland police poorly trained, reckless
By MARK GILLISPIE Justice Department report released Thursday spared no one in the Cleveland police chain of command amid findings of excessive use of force and civil rights violations.It was…
EU IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
By JUERGEN BAETZ and SERGEI CHUZAVKOV A refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 departs Kharkiv railway station, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The…
Sunni fighters expand offensive in western Iraq
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Volunteers of the newly formed “Peace Brigades” participate in a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 21,…
Iraq: al-Maliki’s rivals jockey to replace him
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA FILE – This Dec. 3, 2011 file photo shows Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks during an interview with The Associated Press in…
Watchdog accuses Syria’s Kurdish party of abuses
By BARBARA SURK United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres greets a Syrian child during his visit to Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Guterres…
Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and BRADLEY BROOKS Demonstrators push over a police car during a protest demanding better public services and against the money spent on the World Cup soccer…