Law Enforcement

PITTSBURGH - A black teen who attended the city's performing arts high school has filed a federal lawsuit saying three white Pittsburgh police officers wrongfully beat him in January, then conspired to file false charges against him and concocted a cover story for their actions.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Secret Service questioned an Alabama teacher after school officials said he used an hypothetical example of shooting at the president to teach geometric angles.

PITTSBURGH - The mother of a black teenage viola player alleging brutality by three white Pittsburgh police officers says she believes race played a role in the attack.

SAN DIEGO - A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S.