DOJ report finds systemic patterns of abuse by the Minneapolis Police Department The Justice Department, city and police will begin negotiations to set the terms of a consent decree, which will bring federal oversight to police Martin Kaste
After indictment, majority want Trump to drop out, but he's getting stronger with GOP After a federal indictment and arraignment, Donald Trump sees support among Republicans grow as independents move away from the former president and 2024 candidate. Domenico Montanaro
WA lawmaker hails tribes' victory in SCOTUS adoption ruling One state lawmaker says he has a lot to celebrate with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court upheld a law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within their tribes. Amy Radil
Seattle ordinance against graffiti still on hold after injunction update KUOW's Mike Davis explains, Seattle Police are now free to make arrests on other kinds of property damage cases. Mike Davis
9 more women sue Bill Cosby for alleged sexual assaults decades ago The Nevada lawsuit was filed shortly after the state eliminated its deadline for filing state civil sexual assault cases. The women say that Cosby drugged and assaulted them between 1979 and 1992. Emma Bowman
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira is indicted by a federal grand jury The Air National guardsman is facing six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information, according to the Department of Justice. Jonathan Franklin
Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act, handing tribes a major victory The court rejects all of the challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act, "some on the merits and others for lack of standing," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in her majority opinion. Leila Fadel
The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact The case pit prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes. Meghanlata Gupta
Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in case tied to arrests of 2 Black men Jurors in federal court awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the arrests of two Black men in 2018. The Associated Press
Attorney General Garland defends special counsel's integrity in Trump indictment In the face of allegations of bias, Attorney General Merrick Garland called Jack Smith a "veteran career prosecutor" with a "commitment to integrity and the rule of law." Carrie Johnson
