Denver Post Shines Light on Suppressed Court Documents
A Denver Post investigation published this week sheds light on thousands of Colorado court cases suppressed by district judges over the last five years.
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Feds Reopen Case That Sparked Civil Rights Push
The U.S. Department of Justice has reopened the 63-year-old case of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 helped trigger the civil rights movement.
Read moreSupreme Court Sets Limits for Mandatory Restitution
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that reimbursement of costs and expenses under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act only applies to government investigations and criminal cases, not private investigations or civil proceedings.
Read moreEx-Union Boss Says He Was Unfairly Fired in #MeToo Sweep
A former Service Employees International Union executive filed a $2 million defamation lawsuit claiming he was fired amid a widely reported harassment investigation even though his employee file shows that no female staffers ever accused him of misconduct.
Read moreLos Angeles Cracks Down On Counterfeit Drugs
Los Angeles is taking legal action against eight defendants after a multi-agency investigation found that thousands of misbranded and counterfeit medications were sold to the public.
Read moreFederal Judge Orders Jay-Z to Testify in SEC Probe
A New York federal judge on Tuesday granted the Securities Exchange Commission’s demand to question rapper Jay-Z without a time limit next week as part of a securities fraud investigation.
Read moreFAA Orders Fan Blade Inspections After Jet Engine Explosion
U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.
Read moreTexas Regulators Find Rampant Cryptocurrency Fraud
Texas securities regulators said they found widespread fraud in dozens of cryptocurrency offerings that were investigated, warning the public to learn how to identify safer investment options.
Read moreAffidavit Details Hunt for Austin Bombing Suspect
A federal agent’s affidavit unsealed Monday describes how law enforcement identified Mark Anthony Conditt as the suspect in a string of bombings around Austin, Texas, last month that left two people dead and five injured.
Read moreNYC Cops Push Back on Civilians’ Sex-Misconduct Oversight
New York City’s largest police union filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block expanded sexual-misconduct oversight from the city’s independent civilian review board.
Read moreIowa Must Defend Controversial ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
The fate of an Iowa law criminalizing undercover investigations of slaughterhouses and meatpacking factories hangs in the balance after a federal judge ruled groups challenging the statute made valid free-speech claims under the First Amendment.
Read moreTexas Judge Under Fire for Comments on Black Defendants
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas asked a state judicial ethics commission Tuesday to reprimand a judge for saying he does not trust young black men to show up for court because he believes they don’t respect the criminal justice system.
Read moreMissouri Republicans Launch Investigation Into Embattled Governor
Republican leaders of the Missouri House announced Monday the formation of a committee to investigate blackmail claims involving Governor Eric Greitens, while another group of Republicans has formally asked him to resign.
Read moreDB Cooper Sleuths Tout New Evidence on Infamous Hijacking
Triggering a collective of citizen sleuths known as Cooperites to circle the wagons, a cold-case team says their code-breaker has definitively identified the man who hijacked a commercial plane in 1971 and parachuted off with a $200,00 ransom, never to be seen again.
Read moreMinnesota Prosecutor Pushes Back Against Prince’s Family
In response to a request from Prince’s siblings for investigative files about the late pop star’s death, a Minnesota prosecutor said Friday the records cannot be released because a criminal investigation is still underway.
Read morePrince’s Family Seeks Info on His Death
Prince’s siblings told a Minnesota court they cannot decide whether to file a wrongful-death suit for the superstar’s death because the county sheriff’s, medical examiner’s and attorney’s offices have denied them access to investigative data.
Read moreMaldives Leader Says Supreme Court Order Was ‘Coup’
The president of the Maldives said Tuesday he ordered a state of emergency to investigate “this plot, this coup” involving a Supreme Court ruling last week that ordered the release of imprisoned opposition leaders, including many of his political rivals.
Read moreTexas Governor Orders Investigation of Gymnastics Ranch
Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate claims that disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar used the Karolyi Ranch in Walker County to sexually abuse young female athletes.
Read moreWisconsin Senate Votes Out Ethics, Elections Chiefs
Wisconsin state senators voted 18-13 along party lines Tuesday to reject confirmation of the heads of the state’s ethics and elections commissions because of their connection to an investigation into Republican Governor Scott Walker’s campaign.
Read moreInvestigators Recover Stolen US-German Expressionist Art
More than a decade after the man who stole the art went to jail, British-based art crime investigators recovered five emblematic works by German-born American abstract expressionist painter Hans Hofmann.
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