BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The government is still investigating the brutal slaying of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose death helped spur the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. A Justice Department report issued to Congress about civil rights ...

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The Maryland and St. Mary’s County health departments will receive a total of more than $1.6 million in U.S. Justice Department grants to combat the opioid crisis, the federal agency announced.

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Veteran prosecutor Robert K. Hur took a giant step toward becoming Maryland’s next chief federal prosecutor Thursday when the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recommended by voice vote the full Senate approve his confirmation to be U.S. attorney.

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