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Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Racially Motivated Shooting of Neighbor

Prosecutors relied on a federal law that outlaws force or threats to interfere with housing rights to hold him accountable.

Supreme Court Will Decide Whether AR‑15‑Style Bans Violate the Second Amendment

DOJ Finds UC Davis Medical School Discriminated in Admissions

DOJ Opens Civil‑Rights Probe of CUNY Black Male Initiative

DOJ Opens Investigations Into 15 Medical Schools Over Race in Admissions

Washington Man Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Racially Motivated Bus Stabbing

DOJ Contractor Sentenced After Selling Thousands of Government Phones

New Jersey Man Indicted on Federal Charge for Threats to Jewish Nonprofit

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Fairfax Prosecutor’s Immigration-Consequence Policy

DOJ Sues Denver and Colorado Over Assault-Weapon and Magazine Bans

Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigations Into 36 Illinois School Districts Over Gender and Sexuality Lessons

DOJ Sues Cloudera Over Alleged Bias Favoring Visa Holders in PERM Hiring

Justice Department Settles With Concord-Carlisle Schools Over Antisemitism Response

NAACP Hires Former DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke as General Counsel

Justice Department Moves to Join LAUSD Lawsuit Over Desegregation-Era PHBAO Program

Superseding Federal Indictment Adds Civil-Rights, Arson Counts in Jackson Synagogue Fire

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Baltimore Health Department’s Race-Segregated Trainings

Congress Sets DOJ Deadline as Judge Protects Evidence in Minneapolis Federal Shootings

DOJ Sues Arizona and Connecticut Over Refusal to Provide Unredacted Voter Rolls

Everett Man Gets Five Years in Federal Prison for Racially Motivated Pipe-Bombing of Neighbors’ Car