Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year the results of its nearly two-year "pattern or practice" investigation, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice has started more than 70 investigations into civil rights violations and discrimination ...

This Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. will hold the first and only public hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree, which he's overseeing. From 9:30 a.m. to 3 ...

On Thursday, Louisville officials announced they've reached an agreement on a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. Here's a look at what that means. What is a federal consent decree? A ...

There were many signs that the Trump administration would seek to dismiss the Justice Department’s consent decree with Minneapolis that calls for far-reaching reforms to the city’s Police Department.

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after a federal investigation sparked by the 2020 murder of George Floyd found a pattern of civil rights violations ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A day after the State announced its investigation found the Minneapolis Police Department violated civil rights law, KARE 11 is digging deeper into the tool that can hold the department ...

A divorce decree is a court order legally ending a marriage. Once entered, both parties to the marriage can move on to their separate lives. However, a divorce decree does not relieve you of any joint ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville taxpayers will soon pay millions over the next five years for federal oversight of the city's police department. On Thursday, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the city had ...

FORT SMITH -- A review Tuesday of the City of Fort Smith's consent decree work assessing and fixing hundreds of miles of its sewer system infrastructure is just the first of many to come, city leaders ...

When the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year the results of its nearly two-year "pattern or practice" investigation, they also stated that Louisville Metro and the city's police department ...