Resuming the work of the government's offices signals an effort to return to normalcy for a community that has been in shock and mourning since the killings Wednesday. "Meeting national emissions pledges will emerge as a key measure of international moral and diplomatic standing after a Paris agreement, with countries reluctant to flout their targets and risk being treated as pariahs," says Paul Bledsoe, a former Clinton White House adviser. The civil rights probe would follow others recently launched in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Democratic presidential candidate vows to cut U.S.