by Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – U.S. Attorneys across the nation are professional prosecutors, making sure criminals are locked up for their crimes. Beginning...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch has emerged as the leading choice to be the next attorney general, people with knowledge...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Activists asked Wednesday for advance notice before prosecutors announce whether a Ferguson police officer will face charges...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — She’s an under-the-radar contender to become the first black woman to head the Justice Department. Loretta Lynch rarely...
(Al-Jazeera America) – In the wake of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after the Aug. 9 shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that there was an obvious need for “wholesale change” in the Ferguson, Missouri,...
(Reuters) – Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist With opportunity gaps widening for poor children and children of color, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights in...
(Huffington Post) – The Justice Department condemned a series of leaks from the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo.,...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American Civil Liberties Union attorney was named Wednesday to be the acting head of the Justice Department’s Civil...
JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily reinstated Texas’ tough voter ID law, which the U.S. Justice Department...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “This memorial has put up to remember Mike Brown and all the people who...
by Dorothy Rowley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Justice Department officials wrapped a two-day visit Friday to Ferguson, Missouri, after meeting with...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt in a document dispute tied to a...
(Politico) – A House committee is asking a federal judge to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of court for failing to comply with...
WASHINGTON (Times of India) – A new battle is brewing over privacy for mobile devices, after moves by Google and Apple to toughen the encryption...
WASHINGTON (Times of India) – Joining a cry from law enforcement officials concerned about data encryption on Apple’s newest operating system, US attorney general Eric...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black American leadership too often is taken for granted. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation from office not...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After being confirmed as the nation’s first African American U.S. attorney general, Eric H. Holder, Jr. wasted little time putting...
By Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The U.S. Department of Justice ordered Ferguson police officers to stop wearing “I...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Officials from the National Action Network, the National Urban League the National Bar Association, the...
(The Washington Post) – From his first days on the job, it was clear that Attorney General Eric Holder was unbound by the racial constraints that...
ANN SANNER, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Ohio have formally asked the full federal appeals court to review a lawsuit...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Department of Justice investigators on Wednesday heard one story after another about police harassment and brutality in Ferguson,...
