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African americans, routinely violating the constitution and the federal law. That is the conclusion tonight of a Justice Department investigation launched after a White Ferguson Police Officer fatally shot an unarmed black man during a confrontation last summer. Mark strassman is in ferguson, but we begin with jeff pegues in washington. Reporter the department of justice investigation examined 35,000 pages of records from 20122014 and the numbers are stark. While 67 of fergusons residents are African American they made up 93 of those arrested and 90 of people given citations. And when an offic...

And this is the western edition of the broadcast. Pick a kind of Severe Weather hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, hail, even blizzards, and tens of millions of americans are dealing with it tonight. On this mothers day weekend the calendar packed with College Graduation ceremonies, much of texas is under a tornado watch as parts of oklahoma, kansas and colorado which also this week had to deal with eight inches of hail. Other parts of colorado are under a winter storm watch along with wyoming, nebraska, and south dakota. The black hills could get more than two feet of snow. Three weeks before t...

The east is cleaning up after vicious storms knocked down trees, snapped power lines, and wrecked buildings. Folks were jolted out of bed by nonstop, roaring thunder. In the west, at least 30 large wildfires are thriving on the long drought and relentless heat. We have two reports this evening. First well go to carter evans in burbank california. Carter . Reporter scott the high heat is putting a strain on the power grid, so california Utility Companies are urging customers to cut back on their usage. This 100degree heat in the west is expected to continue into next week. Its another day of tr...

Pelley this is our western edition. For two years, he revealed nothing except for a scribbled screed against america and an obscene gesture in a holding cell. But today, facing a sentence of death, Dzhokar Tsarnaev apologized for bombing the boston marathon. He and his brother killed three, injured hundreds, then later executed a young police officer. This was sentencing day, and don dahler was there. Reporter looking straight ahead at judge george otoole, Dzhokar Tsarnaev spoke in a halting voice without notes. He talked about the victims patience and dignity and what he called this horrendou...

Closed in, ending his massacre br sooner than he intended officials havent relegaled what led them to the motive. Sources say investigators have found evidence landers was obsessed with breivik. Theyve also recovered what they call a trove of violent video games from the basement of lanzas home. Sources say lanza spentces countless hours there alone in as ho private gaming room with the windows blacked out, honing his computer shooting skills. Lanza made multiple visits to nearby gun ranges with his mother nancy lanza where they practiced together with actual weapons. Three guns all registered...