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Attorney general visits Baltimore after charges in Gray case

New Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division will travel to Baltimore on Tuesday, the week after the city’s top prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of a black man. Lynch planned to meet with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement, faith and community leaders, a Justice Department official said. Lynch was to be accompanied by Vanita Gupta, head of

Attorney general visits Baltimore after charges in Gray case

New Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division will travel to Baltimore on Tuesday, the week after the city’s top prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of a black man. Lynch planned to meet with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement, faith and community leaders, a Justice Department official said. Lynch was to be accompanied by Vanita Gupta, head of

Attorney general visits Baltimore after charges in Gray case

New Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division will travel to Baltimore on Tuesday, the week after the city’s top prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of a black man. Lynch planned to meet with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement, faith and community leaders, a Justice Department official said. Lynch was to be accompanied by Vanita Gupta, head of

Widow's friends say elder Boston bomber was cruel and controlling

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – The older of the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing was a controlling boyfriend who terrified his future wife’s friends, a former roommate of the woman testified as lawyers fought to save the younger brother’s life. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died four days after the April 15, 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264. His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, last

Widow's friends say elder Boston bomber was cruel and controlling

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – The older of the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing was a controlling boyfriend who terrified his future wife’s friends, a former roommate of the woman testified as lawyers fought to save the younger brother’s life. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died four days after the April 15, 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264. His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, last

Widow's friends say elder Boston bomber was cruel and controlling

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – The older of the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing was a controlling boyfriend who terrified his future wife’s friends, a former roommate of the woman testified as lawyers fought to save the younger brother’s life. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died four days after the April 15, 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264. His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, last

Eyeing the White House again, Huckabee can’t escape lifelong anxieties about money

Eyeing the White House again, Huckabee can’t escape lifelong anxieties about money Mike Huckabee could add a populist edge to the Republican field. Huckabee and a close friend from Arkansas, David Haak, who owns the house next door, spent months combing the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida for the “sweet spot” where they could build homes they would eventually retire in. Owning a house next to the ocean, he

Eyeing the White House again, Huckabee can’t escape lifelong anxieties about money

Eyeing the White House again, Huckabee can’t escape lifelong anxieties about money Mike Huckabee could add a populist edge to the Republican field. Huckabee and a close friend from Arkansas, David Haak, who owns the house next door, spent months combing the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida for the “sweet spot” where they could build homes they would eventually retire in. Owning a house next to the ocean, he