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Suspended Midland County Judge Terry Johnson will resign and repay $50,000 in salary to settle a lawsuit seeking his removal over allegations he abused his office by sharing a political commentator's sensitive information.
A former IT contractor at the National Reconnaissance Office, State Department and Justice Department pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit national defense information to Ethiopia, the Justice Department says.
A Minnesota federal court granted a preliminary injunction ordering the government to return a Nicaraguan man ICE sent to the Central African Republic, finding officers likely lacked authority to detain or deport him.
Federal courts rejected Justice Department attempts to segregate California mail-in ballots and to hold up certification of Alaska's Senate race, with one judge finding the department's threats likely unlawful.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's office is investigating municipal finances under Pittsburgh's previous administration, including a nonprofit development firm accused of not passing $30,000 in public grant funds to its intended recipient.
Bolts reports that Tarrant County sheriff's deputies pressed the thumb of a brain-dead detainee onto a bond release form, and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards later ruled he remained in custody when he died.
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