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November 12, 2020 at 1:00 pm

Calls for independent investigation of Black teen’s death

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Activists and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are calling for an independent investigation into the death of a Black...

October 30, 2020 at 11:22 am

AP: Use of slurs not ‘isolated’ at Louisiana State Police

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Black trooper with the Louisiana State Police was on a break when his cellphone buzzed with an unusual voice...

October 30, 2020 at 5:19 am

‘Very confident’: NYC hospitals prepare for virus resurgence VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Like battle-hardened veterans, New York City hospitals and nursing homes are bracing for a potential resurgence of coronavirus patients, drawing on...

October 22, 2020 at 6:24 am

Epstein ex Maxwell denied getting Prince Andrew sex partners

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend denied introducing Britain’s Prince Andrew to underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday,...

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October 15, 2020 at 10:30 pm

DEA recruits cite ‘monkey noises’ among claims of racism

At the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Training Academy in Virginia last year, an instructor on the firing range called out a name that was shared by...

Mona Hardin, center, mother of Ronald Greene, stands at a news conference outside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Greene died following a police chase in Louisiana in 2019, and his death is now under federal investigation. Greene’s family filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit in May alleging troopers “brutalized” Greene, used a stun gun on him three times and “left him beaten, bloodied and in cardiac arrest,” before covering up his actual cause of death. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray) LADR106 LADR106

October 15, 2020 at 2:31 pm

Black man’s family views graphic video of in-custody death

Ronald Greene's mother and sister wailed Wednesday after meeting with Gov. John Bel Edwards and watching a half-hour of the footage of the May 2019...

October 14, 2020 at 9:55 am

Federal crackdown aims to curb violent crime spike in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn announced Wednesday that he would put a new priority on firearms and drug cases, seeking...

October 8, 2020 at 7:33 am

Businesses shut in effort to contain virus in NYC hot spots

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of businesses and schools in New York City neighborhoods where coronavirus cases have spiked were closed Thursday by order of...

October 6, 2020 at 3:00 am

Trump’s top federal prosecutors are overwhelmingly white men

The nation’s top federal prosecutors have become less diverse under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, leaving white men overwhelmingly in charge at...

October 2, 2020 at 1:18 pm

Prominent NY attorney, niece, killed in small plane crash

NEW YORK (AP) — Personal injury attorney Steve Barnes, whose law firm Cellino & Barnes was known on two coasts for its catchy TV jingle,...