Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
DOJ weighs in on suit filed by trans woman in Georgia prison
ATLANTA — Prison officials must keep transgender people reasonably safe from substantial risk of harm and provide them with adequate medical care, the U.S....
FirstEnergy in talks on deferred prosecution agreement
CLEVELAND — FirstEnergy Corp. is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice while negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement over its role in secretly funding...
Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes
CHICAGO — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer...
US takes new aim at ransomware after most costly year
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is taking new aim at ransomware after a year that officials say was the most costly on record for...
Biden pick for key DOJ job criticized over deal in sex case
President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal division is facing new scrutiny over a plea deal he brokered with a...
2 Italian managers indicted in Fiat Chrysler emissions probe
DETROIT — Two Italian managers in Fiat Chrysler's diesel engine program have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in a widening...
Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin,...
Oklahoma seeks coordination on Indigenous peoples cold cases
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a bill intended to coordinate state and federal law enforcement efforts when...
A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee into...
CoreCivic to settle shareholders lawsuit for $56 million
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — CoreCivic says it will pay $56 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders who accused the private prison operator of inflating...
