• 40 years after Vincent Chin's death, activists work to keep legacy from fading

    40 years after Vincent Chin's death, activists work to keep legacy from fading

    Jun 21, 2022 09:39 PM EDT

    ... according to witnesses. After both groups were thrown out of the club, the fight continued in the parking lot and then the groups separated. After searching for thirty minutes, the men found Chin sitting outside of a McDonald’s and attacked him until stopped by two off-duty police officers ...

  • With Jan. 6 public hearings set to begin, who has already been held accountable?

    With Jan. 6 public hearings set to begin, who has already been held accountable?

    Jun 07, 2022 03:07 PM EDT

    ... the group is scheduled to start Sept. 26. Prosecutors say the Oath Keepers plotted for weeks to try to overturn the election results and prepared for a siege by purchasing weapons and setting up battle plans. Authorities are still searching for many suspects, including the person who planted two pipe ...

  • California police search for gunmen who killed 6 and wounded 12 in Sacramento

    California police search for gunmen who killed 6 and wounded 12 in Sacramento

    Apr 04, 2022 01:21 PM EDT

    ... terror. In a matter of seconds, the latest U.S. mass shooting had left six people dead and 12 wounded. Sacramento police said they were searching for at least two people who opened fire around 2 a.m. Sunday on the outskirts of the city's downtown entertainment district, anchored ...

  • Post-9/11 surveillance has left a generation of Muslim Americans in a shadow of distrust and fear

    Post-9/11 surveillance has left a generation of Muslim Americans in a shadow of distrust and fear

    Sep 16, 2021 08:56 PM EDT

    ... 11. The Patriot Act, passed 45 days after 9/11, was one of the first steps in drastically changing U.S. surveillance, making it easier for the federal government to monitor citizens in the name of searching for domestic threats. It expanded law enforcement’s ability to access people’s ...

  • Gym owner pleads guilty to assaulting officer in Jan. 6 riot

    Gym owner pleads guilty to assaulting officer in Jan. 6 riot

    Aug 06, 2021 06:24 PM EDT

    ... chamber. Three other Trump supporters who died had suffered medical emergencies. More than 560 people have been charged with federal crimes, and authorities are still searching for hundreds more. At least 165 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or Capitol employees, including more than 50 people ...

  • Haiti's new PM pledges to hold elections as soon as possible following president slaying

    Haiti's new PM pledges to hold elections as soon as possible following president slaying

    Jul 28, 2021 10:32 PM EDT

    ... At least 26 people have been arrested in the killing, including 18 former Colombian soldiers and a top police official who served as general coordinator for Moïse's security detail. Authorities are still searching for other suspects including a former rebel leader, an ex-Haitian senator and a Haitian Supreme ...

  • WATCH: Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

    WATCH: Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

    May 31, 2021 02:06 PM EDT

    ... liberation, opportunity, justice are far more likely to come to pass in a democracy than in an autocracy,” Biden said. “These Americans weren’t fighting for dictators, they were fighting for democracy. They weren’t fighting to exclude or to enslave, they were fighting to build and broaden and liberate ...

  • Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims of violence

    Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims of violence

    May 05, 2021 08:25 PM EDT

    ... first Native American to lead a U.S. cabinet agency and a former Democratic U.S. representative from New Mexico, recalled hearing families testify about searching for loved ones on their own and bringing a red ribbon skirt to a congressional hearing that represented missing and slain Native Americans. Haaland ...

  • Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps U.S. prosecutors

    Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps U.S. prosecutors

    Mar 18, 2021 07:21 PM EDT

    ... giving the federal government sudden jurisdiction over crimes on more Native American lands have put enormous pressure on the Justice Department, creating an immediate challenge for new Attorney General Merrick Garland. And defendants could be waiting a long time - some of them behind bars - for their day in court. U ...

  • 2 views on the judicial philosophy of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett

    2 views on the judicial philosophy of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett

    Sep 28, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    John Adams: Well, John, let me begin by responding to Professor Nourse. Textualism, as Justice Kagan has famously said, we are all textualists now. Textualism allows judges to follow the words of the statute duly enacted by the legislature, instead of searching for unknown purposes that could have been behind ...