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Louisiana deputy marshals indicted in killing of six-year-old boyTwo deputy marshals in Louisiana are facing charges of second-degree murder for the death of a 6-year-old during a Nov. 3 car chase.聽
The two faces of mass shootings in AmericaData on mass shootings for 2015 reveal that one kind of mass shooting gets all the attention, while the other is actually a much wider problem.聽
First LookInvestigators scour California shooters' pasts for potential red flagsTashfeen Malik, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, were not on authorities' radar prior to perpetrating a massacre that killed 14 and injured 20 at a holiday gathering.
First LookFBI set to revamp 'unacceptable' system that tracks police shootingsThe new system would focus on uses of force by police that cause death or serious injury to civilians, expanding the data beyond shootings to focus on other forms of violence, amid a national outcry.
First LookSupreme Court hears affirmative action case. What do Americans think?The majority-conservative high court is believed to be considering whether to cut back, or end entirely, race as a criteria in higher education admissions decisions.
Chicago has tried police reform before. How it can do better this time.Videos of two police shootings have roiled Chicago, with many critics pointing to the need to reform one agency, in particular.聽
First LookDoes US 'fianc茅 visa' need to change in wake of San Bernardino killings?Officials are examining whether shortcomings in the K-1 visa program may have led to the admittance into the United States of聽Tashfeen Malik.
Why this Muslim cab driver was awarded $350,000
One person, one vote? How the Supreme Court could reshape US electionsThe Supreme Court takes up a major Texas redistricting case Tuesday. But it's Yakima, Wash., that shows the stakes most starkly. 聽
First LookWhy Supreme Court effectively upheld a local assault weapon banIn a modest victory for gun control advocates, the Supreme Court again declines a Second Amendment case. The Court hasn't heard such a case since 2010.
Supreme Court takes up one person, one vote caseAt issue in a Texas case, to be argued Tuesday, is whether ineligible voters should count when states draw election districts 鈥� a decision that could affect political maps all over the country.- The man behind two blockbuster Supreme Court cases this weekEdward Blum of Austin, Texas, will see his fifth and sixth litigation projects reach the US Supreme Court Tuesday and Wednesday 鈥� an impressive tally for any appellate attorney. Blum isn't even a lawyer.
First LookFeds launch civil rights probe into Chicago policeThe Justice Department has conducted similar investigations, and produced scathing reports, in Ferguson, Cleveland, and Baltimore.
Why were those two University of Rochester students kidnapped?Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli called the kidnapping a targeted attack against the two University of Rochester聽seniors, who were rescued by a SWAT team on Sunday night.
An epic legal battle pays off for trafficked workersThe lessons learned from a landmark US lawsuit by hundreds of oil workers from India sent to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Part 7 in a series on ending human trafficking.聽
Oklahoma City rape trial: How common is sexual assault by police?Former police officer Daniel聽Holtzclaw聽is accused of 36 counts of rape, sexual battery and other charges that carry a possible sentence of life in prison.
Tamar Rice video: What new analysis says about his shootingTamar Rice's hands were in his pockets and he wasn't warned before he was shot, says a new analysis of the video.
Chicago Police Department: A pattern of covering up officer shootings?As details about Laquan McDonald's fatal shooting emerge, another case from 2005 is brought to light that suggests a pattern of cover up by Chicago police.聽
Five ways to reduce mass shootings in the USIt's not impossible to reduce mass shootings like the one in San Bernardino, experts say. The US has been able to eliminate or dramatically reduce other forms of violence.- First LookWhy an upstate New York sheriff wants residents to carry gunsUlster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum's advice that residents arm themselves when leaving the house has struck a chord with people on both sides of the gun rights debate.
