The Justice Department’s findings come three years after the department launched a federal investigation into alleged widespread abuse and harsh practices.
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Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday to be celebrated with musical gala at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre
He was last seen publicly at funeral services for his wife, the former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in November.
Appeals court upholds Trump’s gag order as he presses judge to exit hush money case
In its gag order ruling Thursday, a 5-judge panel found that the judge in the hush money case was correct in keeping some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced because the case is still pending.
ACLU sues Washington state city over its anti-homeless laws after landmark Supreme Court ruling
The complaint filed in Spokane County Superior Court challenges city ordinances that make camping, sitting, or lying on public property misdemeanor crimes in certain circumstances.
Wildfires in Colorado burn dozens of homes and structures, threaten hundreds more
A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes.
Simone Biles edges Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for her second Olympic all-around gymnastics title
Sunisa Lee, the Tokyo Olympics champion, earns bronze despite spending much of the last 15 months dealing with multiple kidney diseases that left her return to the Games very much in doubt.
Evan Gershkovich one of 3 newly freed Americans back on U.S. soil
The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with dual U.S.-Russia citizenship.
Hezbollah leader says war with Israel has entered ‘new phase’ after killings of top militant figures
International officials have been scrambling to avert a cycle of retaliation before it spirals into a greater war.
Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect
Vice President Kamala Harris says former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the ‘same old show.’
Accused mastermind of al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks agrees to plead guilty
Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the full terms of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s plea bargain.