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On Wednesday, the city of Chicago released a watchdog report showing an alleged cover-up following the 2014 police…

In Florida, felons are pushing to be able to vote in the upcoming presidential election without having to risk…

A Florida juror is seeking reduced probation after serving 10 days in jail for essentially delaying a trial by 45…

A federal grand jury indicted Ed Buck, the notorious Democratic donor, on two federal drug charges regarding two…

A jury sentenced former Dallas, Texas police officer Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the murder…

On Tuesday, a federal judge blocked Georgia’s law banning abortion from going into effect in January.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Harvard in an affirmative action case brought against the university on behalf…

Remember last year when Amazon Cuomo suddenly reversed course on nearly eight years of mealy-mouthed, do-nothing…

The parents of some of the victims of the Parkland, FL, shooting are outraged after a special investigator…

Salvador Sanchez, an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, will not face criminal charges for fatally…

Rep. Joe Kennedy III is reportedly planning to announce that he will challenge Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey in the…

Police arrested notorious Democratic donor Ed Buck on Tuesday, accusing him of injecting men with methamphetamine,…

Computer scientist Richard Stallman resigned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday following his…

People never learn: A part-time New York judge was forced off the bench, according to the Albany Times-Union, after…

Last week, North Carolina Republicans proved both why they can’t be trusted and why they’ve been in power for nearly…

Look, vaping isn’t very good for you. Is it the worst thing you could do to your body? Of course not. But does…

Here at Splinter, we spend a not-insignificant amount of time covering the uniquely awful quality of state and local…

If Beto O’Rourke could be said to have had a decent showing in Thursday night’s Democratic primary debate, it’s…

On Wednesday, North Carolina Republicans apparently decided they just didn’t want to bother with that whole…

Two congressional candidates backed by President Donald Trump won special elections on Tuesday night. Republican Dan…