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Feb 5, 2026

Justice Department removes DHS lawyer after judge clash

The U.S. Justice Department has removed a government lawyer from an assignment in Minnesota after she told a federal judge, “This job sucks” and said immigration authorities had failed to […]

‘My client neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the U.S. government,’ Frank Perez, attorney for Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, above, said after Zambada was arrested upon his arrival last week in the United States. (U.S. Department of State file)
Jul 30, 2024

Attorney says cartel leader brought to US was kidnapped

HOUSTON — The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into […]

Drug-sniffing dogs sent in to check the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia found nothing after two inmates died in unrelated drug overdoses, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said. (Associated Press file)
Jul 29, 2024

Probe continues into inmates’ overdose deaths

COLUMBIA — Two inmates died from drug overdoses in two days at a South Carolina jail, which has been under a federal civil rights investigation, authorities said. The inmates at […]

Daniel Perry was pardoned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the fatal shooting of Garrett Foster during a protest in July 2020 in downtown Austin. (Austin American-Statesman file)
Jun 6, 2024

Prosecutor asks court to reverse governor’s pardon

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be […]

Nov 14, 2023

Fourteen prisoners charged after jail riot

COLUMBIA — More than a dozen detainees are facing charges after a fiery riot at a South Carolina jail that is already subject to a federal civil rights investigation, authorities […]


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