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US takes on Google: What to know about biggest antitrust trial in decades

Google has grabbed a 90 percent market share in search in the US in recent years, the government estimates.

Al Jazeera · Sep 12, 2023

Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings

After the beating death of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers in January and other abuses that have come to light, the police department is under mounting pressure to change its culture.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2023

United States takes on Google in biggest tech monopoly trial of 21st century

The biggest antitrust trial in nearly 25 years kicks off on Tuesday as the Justice Department makes its case that Google is an illegal monopoly.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2023

As Jacksonville shooting victims are eulogized, advocates call attention to anti-Black hate crimes

The motivations of a shooter who recently targeted and killed Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023

Biden administration urges Supreme Court to hear case on major abortion pill

The Justice Department pressured the Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider the fate of mifepristone in the U.S. The abortion pill may be dramatically limited if the court decides not to review.

WEKU · Sep 8, 2023

New Jersey leaders agree with U.S. that veterans homes need to be fixed, but how isn't clear

New Jersey’s leaders appear to agree with Justice Department findings that state-run veterans homes failed residents during COVID-19 and continue to violate their constitutional rights, but there’s little clarity on how exactly they’ll address the issues

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Chicago firefighter gets $52K in back pay, retroactive promotion for test denied during military service

The Justice Department sued Chicago for refusing to let U.S. Army reservist Derrick Strong take the engineers’ test when he returned from a nine-month deployment in 2017.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023

The cost of accountability for Trump

"Real and actual violence is only becoming increasingly more likely"

Salon · Sep 8, 2023

New Jersey failed veterans in state-run homes hit by dozens of COVID-19 deaths, federal report says

A scathing federal report has found New Jersey's two state-run veterans homes were unprepared to keep residents safe during the COVID-19 outbreak, violating their constitutional rights to reasonable care while in state custody

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Fani Willis accuses Jim Jordan of trying to obstruct Trump case: ‘You lack a basic understanding of the law’

‘Its obvious purpose is to obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous misrepresentations,’ the Fulton County DA wrote about the Ohio Republican’s letter

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023