U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top ...

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in ...

The investigation comes after Rankin County sheriff's deputies and a Richland police officer, called the "Goon Squad," were ...

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark remembers the time she first met her idol. As a young kid, Clark and her dad, Brent, drove the four hours from their hometown of Des Moines ...

Two people who prosecutors say were motivated by white supremacist ideology were charged Monday with using the messaging app Telegram to encourage acts of violence against ...

Kristen Doute closed out the week with some incredible new bling. “Congratulations to [Luke] and [Kristen] for their engagement,” Kyle wrote on Instagram.” I am so happy for you both and ...

F is for fall — plus football, fashion and film festivals. That’s right: all at once, we’ve got the start of the NFL season, New York Fashion Week and the Toronto Film Festival. And that’s ...

“Racially motivated and hate-fueled attacks have no place in our society,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement.

Clarke said that a recent government survey showed that incarcerated women are three times more likely than men to be sexually abused by prison or jail staff. Research also indicated that the ...