Katie Mettler

A memo from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel formalized earlier guidance that said a new version of the app did not pose data or national security risks.

The fate of SF Pretrial, a group that runs diversion programs, reflects the tough-on-crime sentiment emerging even in liberal cities.

Rates of other crimes, such as carjacking and burglary, are also plummeting, a report shows.

Florida cements its place as the most active death-penalty state with the executions of an 80-year-old and a man who maintained his innocence.

Key agencies do not require nonfederal officers to finish mandated training before task force duties, the Government Accountability Office found.

A new Maryland commission will study the deaths of boys and teens buried between 1870 and 1939 outside a juvenile facility with a documented history of abuse.

The demise of SF Pretrial, which for 50 years has provided diversion services, came after the mayor cut its budget and as Democrats’ attitudes toward crime shift.

The White House is seizing on new statistics showing that violent crime plummeted last year to boast of a “Trump effect.” But experts note crime began falling well before Trump returned to office.

The administration sought to keep the agency’s headquarters in Washington.

If California’s capital punishment law is found to violate the state constitution, it may provide a template for death penalty opponents in other states.