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May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. It reflects both the collective grief and the resilience of Indigenous communities.

A federal judge has dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against Arizona seeking access to the state’s voter records.

The U.S. Department of Justice has published guidelines for those who plan to apply for the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act after it was renewed and expanded in July.

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose killing highlighted calls to end an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

People gathered across the U.S. on Sunday for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. It's intended to spotlight the high rate of disappearances and killings in Native American communities.

The advisory committee tasked with combating the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people says the U.S. government needs to spend more money on public safety and criminal justice.

Two federal lawsuits stemming from former Gov. Doug Ducey’s controversial placement of thousands of shipping containers along the Arizona-Mexico border have been dismissed.

The Department of Justice will allocate $848,000 to southern Arizona communities to help identify human remains found near the U.S.-Mexico border.

A federal commission tasked with addressing the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people has concluded a series of hearings it held throughout the country this year.

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to funnel more resources toward addressing the alarming rate of disappearances and murders of Indigenous people. The agency announced a new outreach program Wednesday.