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No charges in Georgia lawmaker grocery store dispute

Police say they will not file any charges in the dispute between a black Georgia lawmaker and a white man she accused of ...

Iowa officer resigns after video shows him striking biker

A veteran Iowa police officer has resigned in the face of mounting claims of misconduct and a video that showed him striking ...

APNewsBreak: Wrongful death suits filed in SC prison riot

Two lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that South Carolina corrections officials violated prisoners' constitutional rights by ...

Questions raised over arrest of Mexican national in Missouri

A Missouri congressman is questioning why federal immigration officials broke a car window and pulled a Mexican national out ...

Florida lawmaker: Look into Epstein work release from jail

A Florida lawmaker known as a champion for child sexual abuse victims asked Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday to authorize a state ...

Christopher Wray

FBI's Wray dodges questions on Mueller report's findings

FBI Director Christopher Wray offered a lesson Tuesday in how to dodge questions about the special counsel's Russia ...

Settlement expands transgender restroom rights in N Carolina

A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people's right to use restrooms matching their ...

Immigration operation touted by Trump nets 35 arrests

The immigration enforcement operation touted by President Donald Trump that targeted some 2,000 people resulted in 35 ...

Trump puts his stamp on nation's immigration courts

In just 2½ years, the Trump administration has put its stamp on the nation's immigration court system, appointing more than ...

Robert Mueller

What to look for when Mueller testifies about Russia probe

Democrats want incriminating, hidden-till-now details about Donald Trump and Russia. Republicans want Robert Mueller to ...

Cellphones sought in Puerto Rico as political crisis deepens

A Puerto Rico judge issued search warrants for the cellphones of government officials involved in a crude and offensive ...

Donald Trump

Trump threatens Guatemala after its court blocks asylum deal

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened retribution against Guatemala over immigration after the country's high court ...

Police wait downstream for suspect trying to swim to freedom

A wanted Tiki bar cook tried to flee authorities by swimming away in a North Carolina river, but was caught by officers ...

Christopher Wray

The Latest: FBI chief Wray says China poses a serious threat

The Latest on FBI Director Christopher Wray's appearance before a Senate committee (all times local): 11:10 a.m. FBI Director ...

Biden criminal justice plan reverses part of 1994 crime bill

Joe Biden is proposing to reverse several key provisions of the 1994 crime bill he helped write in an acknowledgment that his ...

Gavin Grimm

Virginia school's transgender bathroom ban is back in court

Gavin Grimm, a young man who has become a national face for transgender student rights, returns to a Virginia courtroom ...

Hong Kong arrests men with gang links over mob attack

Hong Kong police say they've arrested six men, some with links to triad gangs, following a violent attack on pro-democracy ...

Donald Trump

Ready to fight, Trump says he'll watch 'a little' of Mueller

He won't watch. Well, maybe just a little bit. President Donald Trump on Monday feigned indifference to Robert Mueller's ...

Trump expands fast-track deportation authority across US

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants ...

In NYC beset by crime, Morgenthau was made-for-TV prosecutor

He seemed almost out of central casting — tall and patrician, with a cultivated above-the-fray presence. And in fact, former ...