BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A jury found three white men guilty of hate crimes and other charges in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, who was Black. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan — all already serving life in
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Jury in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers excused after first day of deliberations
“This wasn’t about trespassing. This wasn’t about neighborhood crimes, either. … It was about race — racial assumptions, racial resentment, and racial anger,” Justice Department civil rights division counsel Christopher J. Perras told a jury in court Monday morning in
House panel asks federal agency to end Trump’s lease of DC hotel as questions rise over his financial statements
A House committee urged a federal agency Thursday to consider terminating the lease on a Washington, D.C., hotel held by former President Donald Trump and his business. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform cited accounting firm Mazars’ recent announcement
2 of the officers involved in George Floyd’s death will testify during federal civil rights trial
Former officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao told US District Judge Paul Magnuson they planned to testify in their own defense. Thomas Lane, the rookie officer who held down Floyd’s legs during the fatal restraint, also planned to take
Opening statements begin in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
The jury was finalized Monday morning and consists of eight White jurors, three Black jurors and one Hispanic juror, according to details provided in court. Three White people and one Pacific Islander have also been selected as alternates. Opening statements
Derek Chauvin Appears Likely to Plead Guilty to Federal Crimes
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal court on Monday set a hearing for Derek Chauvin to change his plea, signaling that the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd intended to plead guilty to charges that he also
Could Antonio Brown face federal charges for forging vaccination card?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown could face federal charges for submitting a fake vaccination card to his team. In the latest COVID scandal to shock the NFL landscape, a league investigation revealed that Antonio Brown did indeed falsify
A year after Mary Johnson’s disappearance, federal officials are finally acting on America’s missing Indigenous people crisis
Johnson, then 39 years old and an enrolled citizen of the Tulalip Tribes, was last seen on the reservation on November 25, 2020. “At this point, we’re information-driven, any information we get is followed up on, but leads are harder
Federal and state officials investigate attempted breach of Ohio county office after data appears at ‘Big Lie’ symposium
The incident at the office of John Hamercheck, who is president of Ohio’s Lake County Board of Commissioners, involved someone plugging a private laptop into the computer network in Hamercheck’s office, according to two people briefed on the investigation who