A federal drug agent who accidentally shot himself in his leg while speaking to children and parents at a community center is seeking to revive his privacy case against the Drug Enforcement Administration for allegedly releasing to the public a video of the shooting, intentionally embarrassing him.

The U.S. Senate has elevated a federal magistrate judge to the district court bench in Arizona, filling a position that has been vacant since the shooting death of Judge John Roll. Senators moved with relative speed to confirm Judge Jennifer Zipps after President Barack Obama nominated her in June.

The Senate is moving at a quickened pace to fill the vacancy left by the shooting death of U.S. District Judge John Roll of Arizona, holding U.S.

The fiancee of an unarmed man killed by police in a 50-bullet barrage and a friend who survived the shooting said Wednesday that a settlement of the federal civil lawsuit with New York City that topped $7 million was fair but not cause for celebration. The deal awards $3.25 million to the estate of Sean Bell, $3 million to Joseph Guzman and $900,000 to a third victim, Trent Benefield, minus 30 percent for legal fees. City officials confirmed that the settlement amount is the largest ever for a fatal police shooting.

Now that a jury has acquitted a defendant charged with murdering a police officer whose 2007 death prosecutors tried to link to bullets the defendant shot into the officer more than 40 years earlier, many attorneys are questioning why the Philadelphia district attorney’s office proceeded to trial despite the lengthy time gap between the shooting and the officer’s death and despite the defendant’s prior attempted murder conviction in the shooting.