Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the death of Michael Brown, as he prepares to travel to Ferguson, Mo., to personally witness the ...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder travels to Ferguson, Mo., Wednesday, where for nearly two weeks protests have drawn the attention of the country after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

Holder cites a request from the family and “the extraordinary circumstances involved in the case” as reasons for his decision, Brian Fallon, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, says in the ...

A night of relative calm fell over Ferguson, Mo., following U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s visit to the city, where tensions have run high since the killing of unarmed black teen Michael Brown by ...