Baltimore will ask the Justice Department to investigate whether the city’s police department employs a pattern of excessive force or discriminatory policing after the death of an African-American man from injuries suffered while in police custody, the mayor said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s request for a probe into possible civil rights violations by the city’s […]Load more...

U.S. authorities are trying to determine if there are any connections between the Islamic State group and two gunmen who attacked a contest in Texas where cartoonists drew pictures of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Investigators have been looking at Twitter accounts linked to one of the men as well as electronic devices used by both. […]Load more...