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An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Mon,09/30/24-8:43AM , 84 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI agreed Monday to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception "to control thei
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FILE — This image from video from Louisiana state trooper Lt. John Clary's body-worn camera shows trooper Kory York standing over Ronald Greene on his stomach on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. (Lt. John Clary/Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

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Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,09/26/24-1:07PM , 89 Reads
Louisiana prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the most serious remaining charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, dropping a negligent homicide count against a veteran trooper seen on body-camera video dragging the Black motorist by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie face down before he stopped breathing.
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In this image from the body camera of Louisiana State Police Trooper Dakota DeMoss, his colleagues, Kory York, center left, and Chris Hollingsworth, center right, hold up Ronald Greene before paramedics arrived on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. An autopsy ordered by the FBI listed “prone restraint” among the other contributing factors in Greene’s violent death, including neck compression, physical struggle and cocaine use. (Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

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'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Fri,05/10/24-12:05AM , 143 Reads
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed her by.
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This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans. In April 2024, Louisiana State Police carried out a sweeping search warrant at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, seeking a long-secreted cache of church records and communications between local church leaders and the Vatican about the church's handling of clergy sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Wed,05/01/24-11:51AM , 121 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to law enforcement.
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