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The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts is hosting a forum Thursday night for the three Democratic candidates seeking the office of Attorney General. Andrea Campbell, Quentin Palfrey and Shannon Liss-Riordan are all seeking the seat. The job is being vacated by Democrat Maura Healey, who is running for governor. Campbell is a former Boston City Councilor who ran for mayor…

A federal judge in Tennessee has issued an order barring two U.S. agencies from enforcing new federal guidance extending enforcement of discrimination in schools and workplaces based on gender identity.

Attorney General Merrick Garland told Harvard graduates Sunday that their generation has been asked to show “an impossible kind of resilience” after yet another mass shooting at another school. “As we gather today to celebrate this milestone in your life, we are also holding on to an enormous amount of grief because of yet another mass shooting at another school…

Authorities are looking into whether Fenway Park’s new cashless payment system violates Massachusetts law.

Andrea Campbell, former Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate, is launching a campaign for Massachusetts Attorney General Wednesday.

Andrea Campbell, former Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate, launched a campaign for Massachusetts Attorney General on Wednesday. Campbell formally announced her bid for attorney general at 10 a.m. at Codman Square Park in Dorchester. After that, she was scheduled to make campaign stops in Worcester and Springfield. “I’ve dedicated my life to fighting for greater equity and opportunity,...

Labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan will officially launch her campaign for attorney general on Tuesday, entering a potentially growing field of candidates on the Democratic side looking to succeed Attorney General Maura Healey as she makes her bid for governor. Liss-Riordan’s interest in the race if Healey vacated the seat was well-known. The former U.S. Senate candidate will make the...

The top staff investigator for the House Jan. 6 panel was fired from his position at the University of Virginia by the state’s new GOP attorney general.

A man was found dying of a gunshot wound in Derry, New Hampshire, Monday night, and a man is now facing a felony charge in the death, police said Tuesday. Tyler Andrews was found wounded in a Linlew Drive apartment building’s hallway about 8:20 p.m., local police said. The 24-year-old Derry resident was rushed to Manchester’s Elliot Hospital but...

Department of Justice Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta called acquisitions of nascent competitors “one category of particularly concerning transactions.”

Online food delivery platform Grubhub charged some Massachusetts restaurants illegally high fees during the coronavirus pandemic, the state attorney general’s office alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, seeks refunds for those restaurants as well as civil penalties, the office said in a statement. According to the suit, Grubhub violated legislation that prohibited...

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Department of Justice will double the enforcement staff of its civil rights division in order to better protect the right to vote.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday pressed Congress for increased funding on a variety of Justice Department priorities, including combating domestic terrorism, protecting civil rights, prosecuting hate crimes and battling the opioid epidemic. Testifying for the first time as attorney general before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Garland also spoke about policing reforms, including a budget request to enhance community-oriented policing....

If you see prices spike during an emergency or natural disaster, it may be price gouging. Here’s how to recognize illegal price gouging and what you can do about it.

The American Rescue Plan Act did not protect $1,400 stimulus checks from garnishment. Some states have enforced their own rules instead.

Merrick Garland told U.S. senators during his confirmation hearing on Monday that he will supervise prosecution of white supremacists if confirmed to lead the Department of Justice.

An emotional Merrick Garland describes the anti-semitism his family came to this country to escape, telling lawmakers at his confirmation hearing his motivation to be attorney general is out of “obligation to the country to pay back.”

President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general is set for his confirmation hearing vowing to prioritize civil rights, combat extremist attacks and ensure the Justice Department remains politically independent

South Dakota’s attorney general has been charged with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last September

A New Hampshire man is facing criminal and civil rights charges after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at a Black family and then threatened to douse one of the victims with gasoline and burn him. John Doran, 61, of Seabrook, was indicted this month by a Rockingham County grand jury for criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, criminal threatening and…