The Justice Department is releasing new guidelines, grants to fight hate crimes
Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.
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Body armor, worn by the Buffalo shooter, faces far fewer regulations than guns
A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.
Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team
Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.
Here's why tech giants want the Supreme Court to freeze Texas' social media law
Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints
A former deputy gets 18 years after 2 women drowned in a locked police van
A police van in South Carolina was swept away by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, drowning two women who were trapped in a cage in the back.
Oklahoma's legislature passes a bill banning nearly all abortions
If Gov. Kevin Stitt signs the bill, the legislation would go into effect immediately.
Johnny Depp's former business manager and others chart the actor's rise and fall
Testifying at the behest of attorneys representing Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard were a longtime agent, a former business manager and a friend of Depp's for nearly four decades.
Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband
The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."
News brief: abortion-rights poll, Buffalo hearing, NATO membership
Two-thirds of Americans oppose reversing abortion rights in a new poll. The accused Buffalo shooter appears in court Thursday. And Turkey opposes Finnish and Swedish bids to join NATO.
Poll: Two-thirds say don't overturn Roe; the court leak is firing up Democratic voters
Seven-in-10 U.S. adults say they support some restrictions on abortions, and Americans are split on 15-week bans and whether abortion-inducing medication should be allowed to be mailed to homes.