Browsing: Department of Justice

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent a letter to the families of victims of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes, looking to meet with them as it decides if the company violated a deal that allowed it to get out of criminal prosecution over the crashes. The letter, obtained and reported by ABC News,…

The FBI arrested an Idaho man on Saturday who allegedly planned to attack churches in the state and had pledged allegiance to ISIS, according to the Justice Department. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, planned to attack people at churches in Coeur d’Alene on Sunday with various weapons, including “explosives, knives, a machete, a pipe and ultimately firearms,”…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Utah and its corrections department on Tuesday over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for discriminating against an incarcerated transgender woman. The Utah Department of Corrections failed to grant the woman, who is not named in court documents, equal access to health care…

John Banuelos, who was charged with firing a gun at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was ordered Tuesday by an Illinois judge to be detained because of his “mind-numbingly dangerous” conduct that day. Judge Beth Jantz of the Northern District of Illinois ordered Banuelos, 39, of Summit, Ill., to be detained pending his appearance…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a criminal investigation after the Alaska Airlines incident, where a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max mid-flight. Investigators have contacted some passengers and crew who were on the Jan. 5 flight that made the emergency landing in Portland, Ore., the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.…