• ‘Searing’ Ferguson report claims revenue came before public safety

    Searing’ Ferguson report claims revenue came before public safety

    Mar 06, 2015 01:07 AM EDT

    ... details about the department's racially biased and profit-driven enforcement and prosecution. ERIC HOLDER, Attorney General: As detailed in what I will call our searing report -- and it is searing -- also released by the Justice Department today, this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized, a community where ...

  • Man who attacked police with poles in Jan. 6 Capitol riot gets 20-year prison sentence

    Man who attacked police with poles in Jan. 6 Capitol riot gets 20-year prison sentence

    Aug 09, 2024 08:02 PM EDT

    Dempsey called his conduct “reprehensible” and apologized to the police officers whom he assaulted, “You were performing your duties, and I responded with hostility and violence,” he said before learning his sentence. Justice Department prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 21 years and 10 months for Dempsey, a former construction ...

  • WATCH: In surprise appearance, Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report

    WATCH: In surprise appearance, Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report

    Feb 09, 2024 01:47 AM EDT

    ... for re-election. In remarks at the White House Thursday evening, Biden denied that he improperly shared classified information and angrily lashed out at Hur for questioning his mental acuity, particularly his recollection of the timing of his late son Beau’s death from cancer. The searing findings will almost ...

  • Civil rights leaders seek energy of original movement at March on Washington's 60th anniversary

    Civil rights leaders seek energy of original movement at March on Washington's 60th anniversary

    Aug 23, 2023 07:03 PM EDT

    ... this reality, aware of our path and focused on how we can lock arms, to build a better future for ourselves, for our children and for our grandchildren.” Young, the King adviser and former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said he thinks it unwise for him to predict ...

  • People in prison struggle to survive unrelenting heat without air conditioning

    People in prison struggle to survive unrelenting heat without air conditioning

    Jul 15, 2023 09:40 PM EDT

    The extreme heat scorching much of the country is particularly brutal for incarcerated Americans. In Texas, more than two-thirds of prisoner living areas lack air conditioning. Earlier in 2023, an effort to include funding for prison air conditioning in the state’s budget failed in the Texas Senate. Maurice ...

  • News Wrap: At least 60 dead after gas tanker explosion in Haiti

    News Wrap: At least 60 dead after gas tanker explosion in Haiti

    Dec 14, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

    ... killed and dozens injured late Monday when a fuel truck overturned and exploded. It happened in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, burning cars and scorching buildings. The mayor toured the scene as daylight showed the extent of the destruction. Yvrose Pierre, Mayor of Cap-Haitien, Haiti (through translator): I ...

  • GOP Rep. Gaetz investigated over sexual relationship

    GOP Rep. Gaetz investigated over sexual relationship

    Mar 31, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

    ... on sex trafficking and other charges that he stalked a political opponent. A judge ordered the former tax collector back to jail earlier this month for violating the conditions of his release. "I believe that there are people at the Department of Justice who are trying to criminalize my sexual ...

  • New report suggests DOJ was 'driving force' behind Trump's family separations

    New report suggests DOJ was 'driving force' behind Trump's family separations

    Oct 07, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    ... how government officials across the administration all wanted to abdicate more responsibility for the fate of the children. None of them wanted to be blamed for it. And it's going to be a really sort of searing look into what became a policy that resulted in what many people ...

  • On new album, Hozier makes us face the music

    On new album, Hozier makes us face the music

    Apr 05, 2019 10:25 PM EDT

    "Take Me to Church" is a searing criticism of the Catholic Church amen with a music video depicting and denouncing anti-gay violence, not the usual stuff of top 40 hits. But it topped the charts in a dozen countries, and was nominated for song of the year at ...

  • At Vatican summit, Pope demands bishops act now on abuse

    At Vatican summit, Pope demands bishops act now on abuse

    Feb 21, 2019 02:31 PM EDT

    ... own responsibility to deal effectively with priests who rape and molest children weighed on the proceedings. "Listen to the cry of the young, who want justice," and seize the opportunity to "transform this evil into a chance for understanding and purification," Francis told the 190 leaders of bishops conferences and ...