• Mississippi community honors Emmett Till with new statue

    Mississippi community honors Emmett Till with new statue

    Oct 22, 2022 12:50 AM EDT

    ... closed that investigation in late 2021 without bringing charges.This year, a group searching the Leflore County Courthouse basement found an unserved 1955 arrest warrant for “Mrs. Roy Bryant.” In August, another Mississippi grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Donham, causing consternation for Till relatives and activists. Although Mississippi ...

  • News Wrap: California moves to eliminate most sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035

    News Wrap: California moves to eliminate most sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035

    Aug 25, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Muslims mark five years since fleeing persecution in Myanmar, and teachers in Ohio agree to end a four-day strike. ... Amna Nawaz: The U.S. Justice Department will have to release at least some information it used to justify searching the Trump estate in Florida. A federal magistrate judge today ...

  • WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 5

    WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 5

    Jun 22, 2022 11:39 PM EDT

    ... and we'll call you when there's an oil spill?” Subpoenas served on 'fake electors' The hearing was gaveled in as the Department of Justice escalated its own investigation, searching Clark’s Virginia home this week as federal agents also served subpoenas across the country related to the scheme ...

  • WATCH: Opening statements begin in trial of former police officer charged with killing George Floyd

    WATCH: Opening statements begin in trial of former police officer charged with killing George Floyd

    Mar 29, 2021 02:36 PM EDT

    ... said 27 times that he couldn’t breathe and went limp, Blackwell said in the case that triggered worldwide protests, scattered violence and national soul-searching over racial justice. “He put his knees upon his neck and his back, grinding and crushing him, until the very breath -- no, ladies and ...

  • Treating trauma early to help children cope down the line

    Treating trauma early to help children cope down the line

    Dec 17, 2020 11:30 PM EDT

    ... many skills and she had worked so hard, it was very difficult to maintain her safely in the home. Cat Wise: After a lot of searching, they found a unique residential treatment program and school run by the Justice Resource Institute, a nonprofit that provides mental health care for those ...

  • Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya

    Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya

    Sep 08, 2020 07:40 PM EDT

    ... crimes to which they confessed in exchange for becoming 'insider witnesses' for future trials. Such a development would significantly advance efforts to hold perpetrators accountable for atrocity crimes against Rohingya," the group said. The International Court of Justice is the U.N.'s top court. It settles disputes between nations ...

  • LISTEN: Trump tells governors they are 'weak,' urges crackdown on protests

    LISTEN: Trump tells governors they are 'weak,' urges crackdown on protests

    Jun 01, 2020 05:01 PM EDT

    ... the highest alerts at the White House complex since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. WATCH: One Minnesota mayor on why communities need ‘deep soul searching’ after George Floyd’s deathSecret Service protocol would call for all those under the agency’s protection to be in the underground shelter. Trump ...

  • Why does DOJ want to drop its case against Michael Flynn?

    Why does DOJ want to drop its case against Michael Flynn?

    May 07, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... you what you expect Judge Emmet Sullivan to do. Neal Katyal? Neal Katyal: I think the judge should do what last year, when a different Justice Department set of attorneys had to withdraw because of lies the Trump administration had made, inquire into it. And so I expect Judge Sullivan ...

  • Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings

    Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings

    Nov 30, 2019 04:41 PM EDT

    ... less serious injuries. A victim who had been in critical condition has improved and is now listed as stable, officials said. Police on Saturday were searching an apartment block in Stafford, 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of London, for clues. Khan was believed to have lived in the area after ...

  • Shields and Gerson on Democrats' bigotry resolution, Trump investigations

    Shields and Gerson on Democrats' bigotry resolution, Trump investigations

    Mar 08, 2019 11:20 PM EDT

    ... calling it a fishing expedition. They're saying, you're just reaching for -- you're asking for information when you don't know there's anything there. Michael Gerson: Well, yes, you don't want to do that. But I would spare a little sympathy for the people involved here.