FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The federal government sued Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Ferguson's decision to reject the deal left the Justice Department no choice except to file a civil-rights lawsuit.
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Chris Christie dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, a day after his disappointing sixth-place finish in New Hampshire's primary election.
The Garden State governor shared his decision with staff at his campaign headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, late Wednesday afternoon, and was calling donors and other supporters, said Samantha Smith, a campaign spokeswoman. The blunt-talking former federal prosecutor may have suffered from Donald Trump's bombastic campaign technique, which delivered generous helpings of media exposure to the tough-talking New York billionaire.
