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Federal authorities have sentenced 15 members of south St. Louis gang 55 Boyz for fentanyl dealing, gun crimes and money laundering. The investigation involved St. Louis police and federal agents.

A majority of Missourians sent to restrictive nursing homes because of mental illness would be better served in a less restrictive setting, a year-and-a-half federal investigation determined.

The U.S. Justice Department has settled a discrimination lawsuit against Washington University School of Medicine. The suit claimed the medical school violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discriminating against an employee based on his citizenship status.

Kendra Kingsbury worked as an FBI intelligence analyst for 12 years. Over that time, prosecutors say she illegally collected dozens of intelligence documents including some containing information about al-Qaida members.

In the group’s first public address since the indictment, African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela said during a press conference at the organization’s St. Petersburg, Florida, office, that the indictment is an attack on free speech rights under the First Amendment.

A federal court recently said detaining people without a warrant is fraught with constitutional risk. Why do police in St. Louis County keep doing it?

Missourians charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include an alleged member of the Proud Boys, a husband and wife, and a man who entered the Capitol dressed as George Washington.

With protests surging throughout the country decrying police killings of African Americans, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt wants the Department of Justice to resume…

In June 2014, Walter Rice was arrested by Ferguson police for allowing his 2- and 4-year-old sons to urinate outdoors at a city park. The married father…

The International Institute of St. Louis has received a grant from the U.S. Justice Department to fund initiatives to address problems of labor and sex…