Judge says federal court can’t rule on challenge to Orleans sheriff’s ‘sanctuary’ policy
A federal judge last week temporarily halted the state of Louisiana’s legal challenge to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s longstanding immigration policy ...
The Lowell Sun
Civil-rights claim planned in fatal crash involving State Police sergeant
WOBURN — The family of a special-needs man who died after a December 2023 crash caused by State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley is preparing to expand their wrongful-death lawsuit to include civil rights ...
OPB
OPB’s First Look: Trump administration investigates Portland school program
The Trump administration is investigating a voter-approved program to support Black students in Oregon’s largest school district. OPB education reporter Tiffany Camhi starts today’s newsletter with ...
Detroit Free Press
State: DOJ look at school LGBTQ curriculum based on false information
Michigan’s state superintendent fired back at the U.S. Justice Department on Feb. 19, saying the department's investigations into three districts are based on false information about the state's ...
People
Police Chief Who Caught Bryan Kohberger Admits to Mistake, Compares Investigation to Nancy Guthrie Case
Moscow Police Chief James Fry spoke about feeling "anxiety" for the first time as his team tried to identify the person who killed four University of Idaho students in 2022 Zach Wilkinson/The ...
KGW8
US Education Department opens civil rights probe into Portland Public Schools' Center for Black Student Excellence
PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into Portland Public Schools over allegations the district discriminates against students by providing ...
New York Post
State legislature launches investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s secluded New Mexico ranch
State legislators in New Mexico launched an investigation Tuesday into past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests, and whether ...
PBS
A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy
Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Geoff Bennett reports on Jackson's legacy and his decades of ...
Click2Houston
Pearland HS theatre teacher placed on administrative leave, under police investigation
PEARLAND, Texas – A Pearland High School theatre teacher is on administrative leave and under investigation by the Pearland Police Department, KPRC 2 has learned. “Please be assured that the safety ...
PBS
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of Civil Rights Movement for decades, dies at 84
CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's ...
KPLC
Calcasieu deputy shoots Lake Charles man who tased them, state police say
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana State Police have identified the man who was shot by a Calcasieu Parish deputy over the weekend in Sulphur. According to Trooper Roy Jones of LSP, the suspect is ...
WMUK
Court: Michigan civil rights probe into Grand Rapids police has no deadline
The Michigan Court of Appeals says a state civil rights investigation into police misconduct in Grand Rapids can continue for as long is at needs to because it is an administrative inquiry, not a ...