An Imam Was Gunned Down in New York City. His Wife Says It Was a Hate Crime.
A member of the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque stands near a police sketch of a suspect believed to have shot the mosque’s Imam, at the end of an evening prayer service at the mosque in the Ozone Park section of Queens, New York.Craig Ruttle/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This…
A Year After an Environmental Disaster in Texas, Chemical Company Faces a Reckoning
Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Harvey struck southeast Texas last August with 130 mph winds and dumped more than 50 inches of rain across the region. In the aftermath of the second-costliest storm in recent American history, a Category 4 nightmare that left…
How the Trump Administration Went Easy on Small-Town Police Abuses
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, attends the 37th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service.Kevin Dietsch/Pool via CNP/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This article was originally published by ProPublica. On a chilly morning in December 2016, 12-year-old Bobby Lewis found himself sitting in a little room at the police station…
A Chicago Cop Is Going on Trial for the “Execution” of Laquan McDonald. This Could Be Big.
OfficerJason Van Dyke in court in March 2016.Nancy Stone/Pool Chicago Tribune/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jury selection begins September 5 in the highly anticipated trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who stands accused of first-degree murder, among other charges, in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald,…
ICE Detains Man Driving His Pregnant Wife to the Hospital
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A California man just wanted to stop for gas as he drove his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth. Instead, Joel Arrona is now in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody, and a newborn baby is separated from his father. According to CBS2 News…
When Sarah Sanders and the ACLU Teamed Up for Voting Rights
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducts a briefing on August 15.Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. As the midterm elections approach, Republican state officials and lawmakers have stepped up efforts to block students from voting in their college towns. Republicans…