Crime

Black man who died in custody of deputies ruled homicide

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Police reforms tested in city where officer killed Patrick Lyoya a year ago

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‘We’ll kill you’: Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso

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Pirates hold hostage some crew of oil tanker off West Africa

Six members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship…
/ April 3, 2023

Man gets new trial in Chicago honor student’s death

Detectives reportedly improperly extracted a confession from Ward after he invoked his right to remain silent during a 12-hour interrogation.
/ April 2, 2023

Body of Florida toddler found in alligator jaws after search

Officers searching for the toddler at a lake a few miles from the apartment complex noticed an alligator “with an…
/ April 1, 2023

Rapper’s multimillion-dollar politics conspiracy trial opens

A founding member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees was enmeshed in political conspiracies involving millions of dollars in…
/ March 31, 2023

Mississippi pushes more state policing in mostly Black city

The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Legislature is taking final steps to expand the the territory of a state-run police department…
/ March 31, 2023

Black leaders see irony in Trump indictment: ‘What goes around comes around’

The Exonerated Five reacted to the indictment of the man who ran 1989 ads about them with a one-word statement:…
/ March 30, 2023

Remembrances, calls for reform at Irvo Otieno’s funeral

Family, friends and other mourners gathered Wednesday at a Virginia church to remember Irvo Otieno at a funeral service.
/ March 30, 2023

7 California officers charged in death of man in custody

Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death…
/ March 30, 2023

Father, son fatally shot at Birmingham gas stations five years apart

Demetrius Davis Jr, an ex-football player for an Alabama college, was targeted in a shooting in a scene mirroring his…
/ March 29, 2023

Charleston church attack survivors push for hate crime bill

Two survivors of a 2015 racist massacre that killed nine of their friends at a Charleston church told a group…
/ March 29, 2023

Jury being chosen for sergeant charged in protest killing

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant charged with murder in the fatal shooting of…
/ March 29, 2023

Court reinstates Adnan Syed’s conviction in ‘Serial’ case

A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed's murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking…
/ March 28, 2023