Nation Jan 04 New Orleans attacker reserved truck weeks ago, had suspected bomb materials at home, officials say The man who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used in the deadly attack more than six weeks earlier, law enforcement…
Nation Jan 03 New Orleans inching toward normalcy while mourning New Year's rampage victims Street performers and football fans returned to New Orleans streets as the city inched back toward normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year's rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a pickup truck into revelers.
Politics Jan 02 WATCH: FBI says driver responsible for deadly New Orleans rampage acted alone in act of 'terrorism' Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, said Thursday that the evidence now shows that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was solely responsible for the attack and professed allegiance to the Islamic State.
Nation Jan 01 Driver kills 15 New Year's revelers in New Orleans truck attack, FBI doesn't believe he acted alone Authorities say a driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police.
Nation Sep 30 FBI to pay $22 million to women who alleged sexual discrimination at training academy WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast…
Politics Sep 11 As the CIA promises to stop sexual misconduct in its ranks, new cases of workplace assault emerge A veteran CIA officer is facing assault and battery charges accusing him of drunkenly groping a woman and forcibly kissing her during an impromptu party in the office last year celebrating his 50th birthday.
Nation Jul 25 DEA files show agents joked about rape in a chat. Then one was accused of it A group of DEA agents boasted of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.”…
Nation Jun 14 State trooper who hid prior FBI sexual misconduct convicted of child rape in Alabama A former FBI agent was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims that…
Politics Apr 30 U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.
Economy Feb 07 DEA reverses decision stripping drug distributor of licenses for fueling opioid crisis As part of the settlement announced Wednesday, Morris & Dickson Co. agreed to admit wrongdoing, comply with heightened reporting requirements and surrender one of its two certificates of registration with the DEA.