The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi is notorious for its "Goon Squad," which beat and tortured two men.

Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, traveled to Washington this week with other families affected by police violence to call for police reform.

Tiffanie Lucas has been in the Bullitt County Detention Center for 10 months on a $2 million bond, charged with the murders ...

Attorney Steven Megerle filed the lawsuit filed Tuesday afternoon in Franklin Circuit Court on behalf of former state Rep.

DOJ launches civil rights investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, sheriff's department over excessive force, unlawful stops, and racial discrimination.

Authorities said the civil rights probe would examine whether officers systemically targeted minorities with excessive force.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said the charges reflected the main reason the Justice Department exists — to protect Americans' civil rights. "Those violations resulted in Ms. Taylor’s ...

Attorney Steven Megerle filed the lawsuit filed Tuesday afternoon in Franklin Circuit Court on behalf of former state Rep. Dennis Horlander and William Zeitz, a Louisville truck driver who was ...

Mississippi House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, addresses committee members as they review ...

Mississippi lawmakers plan to make the state tax system fairer and more efficient, as revealed by a prominent state House leader.

On Wednesday, a jury in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois ended in a mistrial in a case against Zantac manufacturer ...

Indianapolis and Gary, Indiana, are among 78 U.S. communities that’ll get federal attention to help reduce “intimate partner ...