• Who are the Oath Keepers, and why are members on trial?

    Who are the Oath Keepers, and why are members on trial?

    Oct 03, 2022 05:00 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A trial starting this week in Washington, D.C., is the biggest test yet in the Justice Department's efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a violent assault that challenged the foundations of American democracy. On trial is ...

  • New Maryland congressional redistricting map approved by governor

    New Maryland congressional redistricting map approved by governor

    Apr 04, 2022 06:53 PM EDT

    ... the legislature said voters, candidates, and election officials need to have certainty about the congressional district boundaries. House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson, who are both Democrats, said the judge's ruling contained new legal standards. They said continued delays, and a lack of clear direction in ...

  • A Dutch chocolate company’s fight to end illegal child labor

    A Dutch chocolate company’s fight to end illegal child labor

    Jul 11, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

    ... s is now paying about 68 percent more than the minimum price set by the government. That contributes to making the chocolate more expensive.  Henk Jan Beltman: Well, in the U.S., this bar is a little under $5 and this bar would have cost it, let's say, $3 ...

  • Police officers' posts to private Facebook group show hostility and hate

    Police officers' posts to private Facebook group show hostility and hate

    Mar 22, 2021 01:41 PM EDT

    ... is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of the Facebook group’s four administrators. McQuillan posted an article in June 2017 about a civil settlement being reached in the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, remarking on how the amount of ...

  • Denver investigation faults overall police treatment of Elijah McClain

    Denver investigation faults overall police treatment of Elijah McClain

    Feb 22, 2021 08:08 PM EDT

    ... rights investigation since 2019. Aurora initially hired a former police officer to lead its investigation before city councilors objected and that contract was canceled in June. The city later chose Jonathan Smith, the executive director of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and former head of ...

  • Lax security at the Capitol prompts widespread demand for answers

    Lax security at the Capitol prompts widespread demand for answers

    Jan 07, 2021 11:40 PM EDT

    The Associated Press reported more than 10,000 people were arrested in protests between the end of May and the start of June alone. Newly elected Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush was a leader of the 2014 protests over the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Rep. Cori Bush ...

  • After a tumultuous 2020, Black leaders weigh next steps

    After a tumultuous 2020, Black leaders weigh next steps

    Jan 01, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

    ... a fresh perspective for a party with an aging leadership. Activist Cori Bush, who led protests after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s Democratic primary, ending a political dynasty that had spanned more than a half-century. Bush ...

  • How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

    How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

    Jul 19, 2020 07:31 PM EDT

    ... civil rights icon who some called the “conscience of Congress,” died Friday. In one of his last public appearances, he posed for a picture in June, standing on the Black Lives Matter Plaza mural painted just outside of the White House amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd ...

  • Two-thirds of black Americans don’t trust the police to treat them equally. Most white Americans do.

    Two-thirds of black Americans don’t trust the police to treat them equally. Most white Americans do.

    Jun 05, 2020 04:00 PM EDT

    ... up tensions. Another 41 percent of Republicans believe Trump has reduced the unrest while a striking 30 percent say they don’t know. In a June 1 call, Trump chastised state governors for their responses to protesters, telling them “most of you are weak”and demanding a crackdown on violence ...

  • Calls grow for UK leader's aide to quit over lockdown trip

    Calls grow for UK leader's aide to quit over lockdown trip

    May 24, 2020 03:53 PM EDT

    ... is gradually easing its lockdown, allowing more outdoor recreation and letting some shops and businesses reopen. The government hopes primary schools can start reopening in June, though many parents and teachers worry that it is not yet safe to do so. Cummings is one of several senior U.K. officials ...