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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Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
By DON BABWIN and ERIC TUCKER The U.S. Justice Department is expected to start investigating the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department this week in the wake of…
Cheating site logged federal subscribers with sensitive jobs
By JACK GILLUM and TED BRIDIS U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks…
Police: Man shot near Ferguson protest critically injured
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR A man who opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was critically wounded when the officers shot…
Fatal police shooting in Wal-Mart under review 1 year later
By KANTELE FRANKO A year after a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer while carrying an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart, federal officials’ review of…
Transportation Chief: 5 Airlines probed for price-gouging
By Joan Lowy Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving five airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after a deadly Amtrak…
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…
Watchdog says ex-Nazis got $20.2 million in Social Security
By RICHARD LARDNER, DAVID RISING and RANDY HERSCHAFT In a forthcoming report triggered by an Associated Press investigation, the top watchdog at the Social Security Administration found the agency paid…