Health Oct 11 Ebola airport screenings may seem intrusive, but they’re legal, experts say The government's authority to screen airline passengers for potential Ebola exposure and order them quarantined if necessary is far-reaching and rooted in the Constitution and federal law, public health experts say.
Nation Oct 10 Ebola airport screenings supported by federal law, experts say WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly stand up in court if challenged, public health experts say.
Nation Oct 03 State investigators dismissed prisoners’ complaints of sexual abuse WASHINGTON — When inmates at a notorious Alabama women's prison came forward to complain of sexual abuse and harassment, state investigators time and again classified the complaints as unfounded or unsubstantiated and often recommended that the matters be closed without…
Nation Sep 24 FBI report says mass shootings have increased in U.S. in recent years WASHINGTON — The FBI says the number of shootings in which a gunman opens fire on a crowd of people has increased in recent years.
World Sep 12 One simple legal fix could help fight overseas credit card fraud, claims DOJ Though prosecutors do have existing tools and have brought international cybertheft cases in the past year, the Justice Department says a new law is needed at a time when criminals operating largely in Eastern Europe are able to gobble up…
Nation Sep 04 Justice Department launches civil rights probe into Ferguson police practices WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in the St.
World Aug 26 AP: American militant said killed in Syria WASHINGTON -- A U.S. official says an American man reported to have been killed in Syria was there to fight alongside a terrorist group, most likely the Islamic State. The official said Tuesday that investigators were aware that Douglas McArthur…
Nation Jul 31 Why more than 3,300 U.S. inmates have sought clemency More than 3,300 federal inmates have applied since April to have their prison sentences cut short under a new Justice Department clemency initiative, according to data provided to The Associated Press.
Nation Jul 18 Expanded cost-cutting proposal would release 46,000 drug felons from prison More than 46,000 inmates, including many who have already served a decade or longer in prison, would be eligible to seek early release under the commission's decision. A judge would review the case of each prisoner seeking to get out…
World Jun 04 Videos add to mystery of family missing in Afghanistan The video files, which were provided to the AP, were emailed to Coleman's father last July and September by an Afghan man who identified himself as having ties to the Taliban but who has been out of contact for several…