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News Articles: Law

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, seen here in Phoenix on Sept. 10, called his colleagues at the Justice Department a "permanent bureaucracy" in a speech Wednesday.

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  • Law

Barr Blasts His Own Prosecutors: 'All Power Is Vested In The Attorney General'

In remarks Wednesday, the attorney general also said restrictions imposed during the coronavirus are "the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history" since slavery.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Workers with disabilities can be paid less than minimum wage. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says that has trapped workers in "exploitative and discriminatory" job programs.

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  • National

Workers With Disabilities Can Earn Just $3.34 An Hour. Agency Says Law Needs Change

A 1938 law created "exploitative and discriminatory" job programs and should be phased out, marking a new milestone in the debate over "sheltered workshops," the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Police stand guard as protesters take to the streets on Sept. 4 in Portland, Ore.

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  • National Security

Greatest Domestic Threat Is Lone Actors Self-Radicalizing Online, Wray Says

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress that terrorism dangers in the United States have evolved from those with foreign plotters abroad to those involving homegrown extremists.

September 17, 2020
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  • Ryan Lucas
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Wis. Law Requires Investigation Before Officer Can Be Charged In Shooting

It's almost a month since Jacob Blake was shot by a police officer in Kenosha, Wis. As the community seeks answers, the officer has not yet been charged with a crime.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Corinne Hess
FBI Director Christopher Wray, pictured on Capitol Hill on Feb. 5, is briefing House members on security threats on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Some, Not All, Intel And Security Officials To Appear In House Threats Hearing

The FBI director and other national security officials are scheduled to appear on Thursday morning to talk about threats to the U.S., but the director of national intelligence isn't expected.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Philip Ewing
The site of James Scurlock's shooting death in Omaha, Neb., is still being preserved as a memorial in mid-September. On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Jake Gardner in the killing, handing down four charges including manslaughter.

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  • Law

Omaha Grand Jury Indicts Bar Owner Over Fatal Shooting Of Black Protester In May

Jake Gardner faces four charges, including manslaughter. While local officials initially ruled he had acted in self-defense, a special prosecutor said on Tuesday that new evidence suggested otherwise.

September 16, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces the cybercrime allegations on Wednesday at the Justice Department.

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  • National Security

DOJ Charges Chinese Nationals With Hacking More Than 100 Companies

The announcement is the latest in a series of official measures and public condemnations by U.S. officials in response to what they call an epidemic of cyber-espionage emanating from China.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Rafaela Vasquez has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous Uber SUV in March 2018. Vasquez was at the wheel of the vehicle at the time.

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  • Law

Backup Driver Of Autonomous Uber SUV Charged With Negligent Homicide In Arizona

Rafaela Vasquez was watching the television show The Voice when the car struck a pedestrian walking her bike across a Tempe street at night.

September 16, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Dawn Wooten (left), who filed the whistleblower complaint about conditions at the Irwin County Detention Center, participates in a news conference Tuesday in Atlanta.

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  • National

Whistleblower Alleges 'Medical Neglect,' Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

September 16, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
CoreCivic headquarters in Tennessee.

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  • Health

Health Officials Blame Prison For COVID Outbreak In Rural Southeast Georgia

Another error in COVID-19 data reporting has obscured an outbreak in a Georgia prison and in the community surrounding it.  

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Whistleblower In Georgia Claims High Number Of Hysterectomies At ICE Facility

Democratic lawmakers want an investigation after a nurse alleged medical neglect and questionable hysterectomies of ICE detainees at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia.

September 16, 2020
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  • Susanna Capelouto
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Breonna Taylor's Family Settles With Louisville Over Wrongful Death Suit

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the city has agreed to pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor in a wrongful death lawsuit. Police shot and killed the 26-year-old Black woman in March.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Amina Elahi
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

News Brief: PPE Shortages, ICE Whistleblower, 737 Max Report

The U.S. still doesn't have enough personal protective equipment. A nurse blows the whistle on an ICE detention center in Georgia. And, lawmakers are out with a damning report on Boeing and the FAA.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Rachel Martin
Emergency medical technician Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by police in her home in March. Her name has become a rallying cry in protests against police brutality and social injustice.

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  • National

Louisville Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor's Family

Officials also announced a series of police reforms to be adopted by the Louisville Metro Police Department. Taylor was killed by police in March.

September 15, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, pictured at a news conference in March, criticized Republicans on Tuesday for celebrating a federal judge's ruling that called some of the state's pandemic response measures unconstitutional.

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  • National

Pennsylvania Officials Stand By Pandemic Response After Judge Rules Against Orders

The governor and health secretary want residents to guard against the virus as a federal judge calls stay-at-home and business closure orders — since lifted — unconstitutional.

September 15, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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