The Seattle police chief who oversaw the widely criticized emergency response to a shooting earlier this week has tendered his resignation, Mayor Katie Wilson announced on Thursday. Shon Barnes departed from his leadership position at the Seattle Police Department, four days after a shooting at the three-day Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit handed the Trump administration a loss Thursday on its policy of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants, adding to the deep divide among federal appeals courts on the legality of the policy. A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 to reject the Trump administration’s assertion […]

Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s adult son, who allegedly shot his mother at their Virginia home earlier this week, will undergo a competency evaluation to determine whether he can understand the legal proceedings against him. A judge in Loudoun County granted the defense attorney’s motion for a competency evaluation during a Thursday court […]

Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), filed a restraining order on Thursday against her ex-husband, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), alleging he grabbed her lawyer before she told her former spouse to let go of him. The restraining order, filed in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, detailed the alleged encounter between Miller and domestic-relations attorney […]