The U.S. Justice Department announced this spring it would discontinue investigations of police departments, including Seattle’s, that were accused of civil rights violations and terminate the court ...

NEW ORLEANS — With the New Orleans Consent Decree back in the headlines lately, we’re taking things back to basics, explaining what consent decrees are and how they work in your breakdown. To boil it ...

A divorce decree is a court order legally ending a marriage. Once entered, both parties to the marriage can move on to their separate lives. However, a divorce decree does not relieve you of any joint ...

The language of divorce, used before the introduction of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, was in place for 145 years. When the new legislation was implemented, words that had long ...

In his monthly meeting with reporters Friday, Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks took after what he called misinformation on various aspects of his record, particularly crime trends, a federal ...

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