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Sunshine Week: U.S. Attorney General talks about FOIA –

Sunshine Week: U.S. Attorney General talks about FOIA (Washington, D.C.) - Attorney General Garland Delivers Remarks at Department of Justice Sunshine Week Celebration.

6 Questions Officials Still Haven’t Answered After Weeks of Hearings on the Capitol Attack

6 Questions Officials Still Haven’t Answered After Weeks of Hearings on the Capitol Attack (Washington DC) - After two weeks of congressional hearings, it remains unclear how a rampaging mob of rioters managed to breach one of the most sacred bastions of American democracy on Jan. 6.

Over 700 Complaints About NYPD Officers Abusing Black Lives Matter Protesters, Then Silence

Emails show New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board leaders discouraged staff from confronting the NYPD about a lack of cooperation on abuse investigations. The agency declined to disclose how many officers are facing misconduct charges.

Powerful DNA Software Used in Hundreds of Criminal Cases Faces New Scrutiny

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After decades of secrecy, two judges have ruled defendants can investigate whether TrueAllele’s probabilistic genotyping algorithm works as advertised.

Feds Investigating Lender That Sued Thousands of Lower-Income Latinos During Pandemic

Oportun Inc., a small-dollar loan company, disclosed to investors that it is the subject of a probe by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau following reporting by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers

The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers - Everything looks the same on either side of the Texas-New Mexico border in the great oil patch of the Permian Basin. There are the pump jacks scattered across the plains, nodding up and down with metronomic regularity.

Official Information About COVID-19 Is Reaching Fewer Black People on Facebook

According to data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project, there are major disparities in who is shown public health information about the pandemic

Ruling on Murder Case by Judge Suffering From Dementia Will Stand, Court Says

Nelson Cruz, who has maintained his innocence for two decades, wanted a hearing to determine if the judge handling his case had been impaired. His request was rejected.

After a Wave of Violent Threats Against Election Workers, Georgia Sees Few Arrests

For nearly a year, election administrators across the country weathered the pandemic while facing attacks and threats — leading many officials to resign or retire. In Georgia, little was done to prevent it from happening again.

Hours After an Employee Accused Him of Sexual Misconduct, Prominent Alaska Executive Resigns

The head of Alaska’s leading tribal health organization has stepped down after a former assistant accused him of “forcing and requiring sex” to keep her job. He denies wrongdoing and says their relationship was consensual.

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