The United States Justice Department on Oct. 4 has begun addressing a “disturbing trend” of violent threats against public school officials and teachers across the country. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. …
Hong Kong authorities have sentenced pro-democracy activists on Wednesday for taking part in the banned Tiananmen vigil last year. Nine of the 12 activists who pleaded guilty to participating in the event were sentenced to six to 10 months imprisonment, …
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Aug. 31 granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the alleged rape of a white woman in the city of Martinsville. The seven Black men who came to be …
The United States Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the policing practices of the Phoenix Police Department and the city of Phoenix, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Aug. 5. According to Garland, the investigation will assess …
The alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl from India’s lowest caste has sparked a third day of protests in the streets of New Delhi on Tuesday. Hundreds of protesters have denounced the crime in India’s capital with banners …
Three school teachers in Washington will receive $185 million after suing chemical company Monsanto over chemical exposure from fluorescent lights that caused brain damage. The teachers claimed they were exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, from fluorescent lighting in the …
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has reached a $850m deal to settle about 60,000 sexual abuse claims. It is the largest sexual abuse settlement agreement in US history according to lawyers and negotiators familiar with the agreement. The settlement, …
A white man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for fatally shooting a Black actor in a crowded street last year, a Portuguese court said in its verdict on Monday. This criminal case that happened on July …
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 25 after a jury found him guilty for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin, who has been held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility since his murder conviction, could face …
The United States Justice Department has launched a civil investigation into the practices of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) a year after the death of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on April 26 that the Justice Department …