County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff's deputy ...

The fourth defendant, Todd Alan Erickson, did not appear to have reached a deal with prosecutors and is scheduled for a jury ...

Massey, 36, was killed in her Springfield, Illinois, home in July by then-Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson.

On the first day of Black History Month, MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton convenes a special Civil Rights Summit where leaders in the ...

Chelsea Adolphus was admitted to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois, where she was found dead after being on the ...

Officials in the Trump Justice Department have ordered a temporary freeze on any ongoing cases being litigated by the Civil Rights Division, according to a new directive reviewed by ABC News.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump represents the Taylor and Floyd families in their civil lawsuits. He spoke with ABC News' Linsey Davis on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the move by the Trump ...

In Minneapolis, George Floyd was killed while being taken into police custody on Memorial Day 2020. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump represents the Taylor and Floyd families in their civil lawsuits. He ...

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The Knox County Sheriff's Office released footage after jail staff used force on a man who later died in the hospital. Federal student loans, Pell Grants not tied up in funding pause, but will be ...

The sequel to 2016’s ‘The Accountant’ brings back Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson Warrick Page/Prime Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal are back for another ...