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Andrea Noble

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Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

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A billboard advertising treatment for opioid addition stands in Dickson, Tenn., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. More than 2 million people in the U.S. are hooked on opioids. Overdoses from these drugs have killed more than 300,000 Americans since 2000, and they are killing an average of 120 people every day. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

DEA to establish new field division to fight opioid epidemic in Appalachia

The Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration will realign resources to get a better handle on the opioid epidemic -- establishing a new DEA field division that will oversee areas of the Appalachian region that have struggled with drug abuse issues in recent years.

November 29, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a point while speaking during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Justice Dept. sues to block AT&T-Time Warner merger

The Justice Department moved to block AT&T's attempt to acquire Time Warner Inc., saying in a lawsuit filed Monday that the $85 billion merger would shortchange American consumers by stifling innovation and potentially raising monthly cable bills.

November 20, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, police arrest a man as people protest a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, in St. Louis. The FBI, Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office in St. Louis are launching an investigation of the way police in the St. Louis area have handled protests in the two months since a former police officer was acquitted in the death of a black suspect. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Feds open civil-rights probe of St. Louis law enforcement

The Justice Department and the FBI have opened an investigation into "allegations of potential civil right violations by law enforcement officers" in St. Louis, Missouri, according to federal prosecutors, a development that follows outcry over the treatment and arrest of demonstrators protesting a police officer's acquittal of murder charges.

November 20, 2017
In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington. Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, who were charged with violating federal money laundering, foreign lobbying and banking laws for behavior occurring as far back as 2012, have pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Judge mulls lift of Manafort house arrest for Thanksgiving

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his top deputy Richard Gates have tussled with prosecutors over strict home confinement conditions since their indictments last month, but a judge has indicated the pair could receive permission to leave their homes for Thanksgiving weekend events.

November 20, 2017
Prosectors contend Ahmed Abu Khattala (third from right) "wanted the U.S. out" of Libya when he masterminded the 2012 Benghazi attack. (Associated Press)

Benghazi attack mastermind ‘wanted the U.S. out,’ prosecutors say

Prosecutors urged jurors Thursday to convict the man accused of orchestrating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, saying he directed his "hit squad" to storm the compound because he hated that Americans were operating a spy facility in his country.

November 16, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions admitted Tuesday that he knew of Russian officials' attempts to reach out to the Trump campaign, but says that he did not in fact perjure himself despite earlier failing to disclose to Congress that he was aware of such efforts. (Associated Press)

Jeff Sessions admits knowing Russia was courting Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged Tuesday he was aware that Russian officials had tried to reach out to members of the Trump campaign but said he didn't lie or commit perjury by not disclosing those attempts in previous testimony to Congress.

November 14, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to members of the Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition, Nov. 6, 2017, in Indianapolis. The group is known for its campaigns to stem violence in crime-plagued neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) **FILE**

FBI data: Hate crimes overall climb 4.6 percent

The number of hate crimes reported to U.S. law enforcement in 2016 rose by 4.6 percent over the prior year, driven in part by upticks in race-motivated incidents against whites and Hispanics, and religion-motivated incidents targeting Muslims and Jews, according to FBI data released Monday.

November 13, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to members of the Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition, Nov. 6, 2017, in Indianapolis. The group is known for its campaigns to stem violence in crime-plagued neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) **FILE**

GOP lawmakers tell Sessions to probe Clinton-Comey or resign

Two House Republicans delivered an ultimatum Monday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, telling him either to name a special counsel to investigate FBI Director James B. Comey's handling of last year's election, or else resign to clear the way for someone who will.

November 13, 2017