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Baltimore officials asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate its police department for civil rights violations after the death of a black man from injuries sustained in police custody, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said on Wednesday. The review will look into police practices such as frisks, street stops of suspects, arrests and searches to see if they violate the U.S. Constitution, Rawlings-Blake said at a news conference. The request follows the
The Democratic candidate challenges Republicans on their approach to immigration reform.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil for a veteran police officer who was shot and killed while patrolling a northern Idaho neighborhood, some traveling from out of state and others paying tribute to the sacrifice of a lawman they didn’t know.
The Democratic candidate challenges Republicans on their approach to immigration reform.
By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) – A longtime friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family on Wednesday told jurors deciding his sentence that he was a studious youth and adored his older brother, who cultivated a deep interest in Islam, politics and conspiracy theories before the 2013 attack. Attorneys for Tsarnaev are seeking to spare his life by painting him as a normal teen who went astray when he
By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) – A longtime friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family on Wednesday told jurors deciding his sentence that he was a studious youth and adored his older brother, who cultivated a deep interest in Islam, politics and conspiracy theories before the 2013 attack. Attorneys for Tsarnaev are seeking to spare his life by painting him as a normal teen who went astray when he
By Mark Hosenball and Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were looking into claims by the Islamic State that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in which two gunmen were killed, but officials said on Tuesday they doubted the militant group’s direct involvement. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State (IS) said on its official online radio station that “two
By Mark Hosenball and Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were looking into claims by the Islamic State that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in which two gunmen were killed, but officials said on Tuesday they doubted the militant group’s direct involvement. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State (IS) said on its official online radio station that “two
BALTIMORE (AP) — One of the Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray wants the police department and prosecutor to produce a knife that was the reason for the arrest, saying in court papers that it is an illegal weapon.
BALTIMORE (AP) — One of the Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray wants the police department and prosecutor to produce a knife that was the reason for the arrest, saying in court papers that it is an illegal weapon.
