Fugitive ex-LA cop charged with murder of officer

Gillian Flaccus and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press

RIVERSIDE, California (AP) - A fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer with a $1 million reward on his head was charged Monday with murdering a police officer and special circumstances that could bring the death penalty...

3 teens charged with murder of 14-year-old over sneakers

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 14-year-old who was killed over expensive sneakers...

$1M reward for ex-Los Angeles officer prompts tips

Gillian Flaccus and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press

IRVINE, California (AP) - A $1 million reward has prompted numerous tips to authorities seeking a fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing three people...

Hadiya remembered as someone who ‘wanted to change the world’

Renita D. Young

theGRIO REPORT - Nearly two weeks after the death of 15-year-old honor student Hadiya Pendleton became the face of Chicago gun violence and re-charged a national debate on gun control reform, hundreds of family, friends and dignitaries gathered to mourn her loss...

Phylicia Barnes case: Suspect found guilty of 2nd-degree murder

theGrio

theGRIO REPOT - On Wednesday jurors found Michael Johnson guilty of second-degree murder in the December 2010 death of Phylicia Barnes...

Ex-NBA player's son convicted of murder

Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas jury has found the 22-year-old son of former NBA player Nick Van Exelguilty of murder in the shooting death of a longtime friend...

Indiana murderer mistakenly freed in Chicago

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Police are hunting for a convicted murderer after he was mistakenly released from custody in Chicago, where he was sent to face a drug charge while serving a 60-year prison sentence in Indiana...

Texas woman's execution halted; DA won't appeal

Michael Graczyk, Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - State District Judge Larry Mitchell issued a reprieve for 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy less than five hours before she could have been taken to the death chamber for the 1997 slaying of a neighbor...

'Ridiculous' on this day: 5 shot on MLK Blvd. in New Orleans

Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News

NBC NEWS - Five people standing outside a grocery store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in New Orleans were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Monday, police said...

Wes Welker's wife trashes Ray Lewis on Facebook after Patriots' loss

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Anna Burns Welker, wife of New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, took to her Facebook page after last night's AFC Championship Game to take shots at Baltimore Ravens player Ray Lewis...