Monday, the Minneapolis City Council solidified an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice that will usher in changes and more oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by police in 2020.

The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision.

The Minneapolis City Council approved a deal to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies over the 2020 killing of George Floyd.

Minneapolis' City Council voted on Monday to agree to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit the department to outside oversight after a U.S. federal investigation spurred by the 2020 murder of George Floyd uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses.

With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was murdered.

The Minneapolis City Council has approved a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will implement major reform within the Minneapolis Police Department. The agreement comes after a two-year investigation from the DOJ into the MPD's patterns and practices.

The U.S. has long been one of the world’s largest donors of foreign aid. But in recent years, its effectiveness has been called into question by a chorus of critics who say the impact of assistance programs falls well short of their intended goals.

The Minneapolis Police Department must make major reforms under a federal consent decree. That comes nearly five years after a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd.

The investigation was prompted in part by the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, which sparked racial justice and anti-police brutality protests nationwide. The Justice Department released its ...

Biden was unable to push through police reform or voting rights laws. But he elevated numerous Black leaders and launched programs to aid minority communities.

The early days of the COVID-19 shutdown necessitated a particular stillness. In the quiet and uncertainty of the pandemic’s first months, there was more time to pay attention to what was happening in the world around us,

Lynch is the lead reporter for Reuters covering the U.S. Justice Department ... in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, to the rampant spread of COVID-19 in prisons and the department's ...