A federal suit says the law, which was used last year when a white sheriff’s deputy dragged a black student from her desk and arrested her, violates due process.
The new policy could spur broad scientific study of a drug being used to treat dozens of diseases despite little rigorous evidence of its effectiveness.
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS and MATT APUZZO
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The broken-windows style of policing that New York evangelized is increasingly seen as a source of community tensions, not a successful crime-fighting strategy.
A Justice Department report showing that officers systematically stopped, searched and arrested blacks is a step toward a settlement to overhaul police training and practices.
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit blocked a lower court from ordering the state to allow any registered voter to cast a ballot without photo identification.
By MICHAEL WINES
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