Justice Department

Bond is set at one-million dollars for one of the charges against the man accused of killing nine people at a church in South Carolina this week. It was set at Dylann Roof's first court appearance in connection with the shooting. The judge said he could only set bail for a weapons charge in the case and didn't have the authority to set bail on the nine counts of murder Roof faces...

George Zimmerman reportedly will not face federal charges for killing 17-year-old black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. ABC News says that's the announcement coming soon from the U.S. Department of Justice. This, after federal prosecutors apparently found insufficient evidence to prove their case against Zimmerman, who shot Martin in Sanford, Florida after a confrontation...

The FBI has charged a Worcester woman with making false statements to authorities who were investigating her son's actions in connection with the daycare facility she operated out of her home.  Here is the Justice Department statement: A Worcester woman was charged in federal court in Worcester Tuesday with lying to federal agents investigating child exploitation offenses which occurred at her hom

New racial profiling guidelines being announced by the Obama administration would exempt agents from the Homeland Security Department who do border checks and screen passengers at airports. But the guidelines would also restrict the ability of the FBI and other Justice Department law enforcement agencies to take into account ethnicity, national origin and other factors...

The Justice Department is monitoring elections in 18 states today. Attorney General Eric Holder says federal officials will check on whether voters are treated differently based on race, color or disability and whether polling places are providing bilingual election materials as required by law...

Attorney General Eric Holder says it's clear that there's a need for ``wholesale change'' in the Ferguson, Missouri, police department. The Justice Department is investigating the practices of the police department following the Aug. 9 police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old...

Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce his retirement today. The nation's first black attorney general has been in office since early 2009. The 63-year old Holder has had a rocky relationship with congressional Republicans and has frequently clashed with California Republican Darrell Issa ], chairman of the House Oversight Committee...

One of the mourners at today's funeral for Michael Brown says she went there to ``pray for the family and pray for peace.'' Angela Pierce, a black woman, says she hopes the funeral turns a page and eases tensions. But most important, she says, she hopes it provides healing for Brown's family...

Attorney General Eric Holder calls his trip to troubled Ferguson, Missouri "constructive." In a Justice Department news conference, Holder vowed that the investigation into the death of an unarmed black teenager will be fair, thorough and independent...

Attorney General Eric Holder is promising a thorough investigation into the fatal police shooting of a black 18-year-old. Holder travels to Ferguson, Missouri today to meet with authorities taking part in a federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown...