Mark May, a self-employed carpet cleaner from rural western Indiana, was driving his car through the town of Terre Haute on Aug. 17 when he spotted an Indiana State Police patrol car zooming up from behind. As May slowed at ...

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The civil rights center at the University of North Carolina that helps the poor and disenfranchised can no longer litigate cases — a move that supporters say jeopardizes the center’s future. The policy-making board of the ...

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A federal judge has dismissed several portions of a lawsuit filed by a Rochester teen who accused Rochester police officers of assaulting him in 2016. Rickey L. Bryant Jr. filed the lawsuit in November against the city of Rochester, Police ...

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A Chili man has filed a lawsuit pro se against Monroe County, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and six deputies and officers for an arrest that was subsequently dismissed in town court, where the man also represented himself. Michael Rech ...

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CHICAGO — Companies cannot discriminate against LGBT employees in the workplace because of their sexual orientation, a federal appeals court said, in a ruling that a gay rights group called a “game changer.” The 8-to-3 decision Tuesday by the full ...

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Testimony began Tuesday in federal court in the case of five New York state prison guards being sued by a former inmate accusing them of violating his civil rights and assaulting him. Sultan Malik, 37, of Brooklyn, claims three of ...

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ATLANTA — In a setback for gay rights advocates who had hoped for an expansion of workplace discrimination protections, a federal appeals court in Atlanta has ruled that employers aren’t prohibited from discriminating against employees because of sexual orientation. A ...

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Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., has been the subject of intense debate ever since Donald Trump nominated him to be attorney general. His critics argue that he could lead a radical rollback of civil rights policies, while supporters defend his record ...

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NEW YORK — A former Rikers Island guard was convicted Thursday of violating the civil rights of an ailing inmate who died after he was repeatedly kicked in the head while restrained on the floor outside a jail doctor’s office. ...

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  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump administration could radically reshape the Justice Department, particularly civil rights efforts that became one of its most pressing and high-profile priorities over the past eight years. The department, under the Obama administration and the ...

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UPDATE:   ROCK HILL, S.C. — The convictions of nine South Carolina black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter during the height of the civil rights movement were tossed out Wednesday during an emotional hearing before a packed courtroom. ...

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PARCHMAN, Miss. — Craggy-faced and ornery, Edgar Ray Killen bears the signs of his 89 years. His hands are still scarred and rough from decades in the east Mississippi sawmills. He has a muscular build even as he maneuvers in ...

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