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By a Biometrica Staffer On April 1, 15 days after she assumed office as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Deb Haaland announced the formation of a new Missing & Murdered Unit (MMU) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs...

By a Biometrica staffer The Housing Authority of Ashland, Alabama, violated the Fair Housing Act by intentionally discriminating on the basis of race or color against applicants for housing, the US Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit. In its lawsuit, the...

By a Biometrica staffer Six men were arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. They planned to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in the Western...

By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice has charged over 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during fiscal year 2020, it said in a statement. These charges are the result of the critical law enforcement partnership between U.S. Attorneys’ Offices...

By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice has awarded over $1.8 billion in grants to assist victims of crime nationwide, it said in a statement. These grants were released by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a component of...

By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice announced awards of over $92 million to reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning to their communities after confinement. Recidivism is the inclination of a convicted criminal to reoffend. The awards were...