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Justice Department eyes combining ATF and DEA as part of broad restructuring

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department leadership is proposing combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws as part of a dramatic restructuring of the department, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The ...

Georgia House approves the second part of sweeping plan to limit lawsuits

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won approval Thursday from the House. The full package, also called tort reform, is set to hit his desk in the ...

Alleged leader of MS-13 street gang on the East Coast is arrested in Virginia

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has been arrested in Virginia, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Bondi lauded the the early morning arrest of the 24-year-old man from El ...

Kroger blames Albertsons for merger’s demise in new court filings

Kroger is denying Albertsons' claims that it didn't do enough to ensure regulatory approval of the companies' planned supermarket merger. In court papers filed Tuesday in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kroger said Albertsons disregarded the companies' merger agreement and worked secretly with ...

Kansas measles cases double to 23 and new Ohio outbreak sickens 10

A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has "a possible link" to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico that have sickened more than 370, the state health department said Wednesday. And health officials in Ohio say a single case identified in Ashtabula County has ...