FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a target of President Trump’s ire dating to the 2016 election, has stepped down as he nears the date in March when he can retire with full pension benefits. He is expected to be succeeded by David Bowdich, who led...
Civil liberties groups in at least eight states are suing to get more inmates treated with new-generation hepatitis C drugs that are highly effective but also costly, reports KCUR in Kansas City. In 2013, Gilead Sciences introduced Sovaldi, the first of a new generation of...
New York police detective Thomas Rice made up fake names and addresses to close improperly at least 22 grand larceny and auto theft cases in 2011 and 2012, reports the New York Daily News, citing an internal police investigation. Grand larceny and auto theft are...
As the Twin Cities prepares to host Super Bowl LII, planning has long been underway to address any accompanying uptick in prostitution or sex trafficking. While some people say that the Super Bowl is the biggest single center of sex trafficking, a University of Minnesota...
Corrections officer Taronica White was constantly subjected to sexual harassment at a maximum-security federal prison in Coleman, Fl. She was catcalled, received sexual threats and saw inmates exposing themselves and masturbating in front of her. She filed 10 incident reports for sexual misconduct in her...
On Friday the Supreme Court received a request from Republican legislators in Pennsylvania to temporarily block a ruling by the state’s supreme court invalidating the state’s federal congressional map. Amy Howe has this blog’s coverage; her post first appeared at Howe on the Court. Additional...