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Community fallout continues after scathing report on Worcester police misconduct
Following a tense evening Tuesday night, people in Worcester, Massachusetts, will have another chance at a community meeting to voice their concerns about a scathing report on the city’s police department. It was a packed house on both sides at the Worcester City Council meeting Tuesday night with people expressing their outrage over the findings of a Department of Justice...
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Worcester unveils police misconduct hotline after scathing report from DOJ
The city of Worcester has unveiled its new police misconduct hotline, which officials hope will make it easier for citizens to report concerns about police behavior following a bombshell report from the Department of Justice accusing the Worcester Police Department of civil rights violations.
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McKinsey & Company to pay $650 million to settle U.S. opioid consulting probe
A former top partner at McKinsey has also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in the federal probe, according to court filings Friday
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Worcester creating police misconduct hotline after feds' bombshell report
Worcester’s top administrator has shared how the city plans to respond to what federal investigators called “outrageous government conduct” involving officers and women in the sex trade, as well as the use of excessive force, calling the Justice Department’s findings “shocking and unacceptable.”
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‘Excessive force and sexual misconduct' at Worcester Police Dept., feds find
The Worcester Police Department allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of being involved in the commercial sex trade, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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5 things to know about Kash Patel
Here are five things to know about former federal prosecutor Kash Patel.
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Special counsel Jack Smith and team to resign before Trump takes office
Jack Smith’s office had been evaluating the best path for winding down its work on two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump.
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Justice Department charges three in murder-for-hire plot targeting Donald Trump
Iran’s government directed three people to “target our citizens, including President-elect Trump, on U.S. soil and abroad,” the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York alleged.
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Accused ‘Olympic athlete-turned-drug lord' was busted for drug deal in San Diego back in 2008
Ryan James Wedding, a snowboarder who competed for Canada in the 2002 Olympics, is accused of running a massive, murderous international drug trafficking operation.
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Olympic snowboarder on the run, accused of running largest cocaine supplier to Canada through SoCal
A former Olympic snowboarder along with 15 others were charged for allegedly running a massive international drug trafficking operation to smuggle cocaine into Canada through Los Angeles.
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Justice Department accuses Visa of debit network monopoly that impacts price of ‘nearly everything'
Visa and MasterCard have surged in the past two decades, reaching a combined $1 trillion market cap. That has attracted unwanted attention from regulators.
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Justice Department accuses RealPage of a scheme to help landlords hike rents in antitrust lawsuit
The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices.
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Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse and harassment, DOJ says
The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children has been accused of “severe, pervasive, and unwelcome sexual abuse of and harassment” of children in its care.
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Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute
Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge.
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The DOJ has sued Ticketmaster. What that means for ticket prices, fees and concertgoers
Will the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation give concertgoers, sports fan and theater patrons some relief from surging ticket prices?
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‘It's time to break up Live Nation': DOJ sues Ticketmaster parent company over illegal monopoly
The Justice Department accuses Live Nation of a slew of “unlawful, anticompetitive” practices that allow it to maintain a stronghold over the live music scene.
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Justice Department charges brothers with $25 million crypto theft that took 12 seconds
The brothers plotted the “first-of-its-kind” cryptocurrency fraud involving Ethereum blockchain over several months, the DOJ said.
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DOJ announces settlement with Larry Nassar's victims
The Department of Justice agreed to pay more than $138 million to victims of disgraced sports physician Larry Nassar, officials said on Tuesday.
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The DOJ is investigating dozens of threats against election workers
The Department of Justice is investigating dozens of threats made to election workers, federal officials said Monday, and has charged 20 individuals so far.
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‘I am not the president's lawyer': Listen to AG Garland's opening statement to Congress
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to address accusations from Republican lawmakers that the Justice Department is unethically protecting President Joe Biden and his family.