Judge assigned to make changes to Ferguson city courts

The Missouri Supreme Court is assigning a judge to hear municipal court cases in Ferguson after a critical Justice Department report

• Mar 9, 2015

DOJ Ferguson report could be about many U.S. towns

Mostly white cops overseeing mostly minority communities; questionable uses of force; poor dealings with mentally ill: many say these are nationwide issues

• Mar 9, 2015

Don't sanitize shootings of black teens, attorney says

Benjamin Crump, the lawyer for the families of three black teens killed in police shootings, said more action needed on apparent "epidemic"

• Mar 8, 2015

Obama administration to Supreme Court: Back same-sex marriage

The court will hear a case in April that could determine whether same-sex couples in all 50 states are allowed to wed

• Mar 6, 2015

Obama: Racial bias in Ferguson police is not isolated

The president casts law enforcement reform as a chief struggle for today's civil rights movement

• Mar 6, 2015

Senate Democrats: Stop delaying Lynch confirmation

Loretta Lynch has waited longer for a vote than her predecessors for the last three decades

• Mar 5, 2015

Ferguson police employee fired for racially charged e-mails

The embattled city, whose law enforcement was found to have consistent bias against African Americans, says it is taking measures to improve

• Mar 4, 2015

DOJ clears Darren Wilson in Michael Brown killing

There was no way to disprove former Ferguson officer's testimony that he feared for his life, officials say

• Mar 4, 2015

Holder details "racial bias" by Ferguson cops

"It is time for Ferguson's leaders to take immediate, wholesale and structural corrective action," the attorney general says

• Mar 4, 2015

Will Ferguson change after scathing federal report?

Department of Justice finds sweeping sweeping patterns of discrimination in Mo. town roiled by police killing of unarmed black teen

• Mar 4, 2015