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Marking 25 years since the Branch Davidian siege near Waco, Tx., the Austin American-Statesman reviews the episode that exposed shortcomings in policy and tactics in the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Both agencies made major changes after the siege to...
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A black former Minnesota FBI counterterrorism agent pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking classified documents to a reporter, saying he knew it was illegal but felt he had to act against a culture in the bureau that often treats minority communities with suspicion and disrespect, the...
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When a state prisoner seeks to challenge his conviction through a federal habeas petition, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 requires the federal courts to defer to the state court’s resolution of claims “adjudicated on the merits.” But what happens when the...
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has proposed to limit the volume of opioids that certain companies can manufacture each year, in an effort to fight what has become a nationwide epidemic, the Washington Post reports. Under the plan, the Drug Enforcement Administration, which sets opioid production...
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Missouri had the nation’s highest black homicide victimization rate in 2015 with a rate of 46.24 per 100,000, which is nearly two and half times the national black homicide victimization rate and 10 times the overall homicide rate nationwide, reports the Violence Policy Center, a...
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A fresh wave of violence is sweeping through Mexico as the country prepares to choose its new president on July 1, reports Newsweek.
At least 82 candidates and office holders have been killed since the electoral season kicked off in September, making this the bloodiest presidential...