Tag: Homicide
Manslaughter conviction of ex-Oklahoma officer overturned
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday overturned the manslaughter conviction and 15-year prison sentence of a former police officer based on...
San Diego seeking families of homeless men killed in crash
SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials released the names of two men killed when a driver crashed into a sidewalk homeless encampment and are...
Biden and Harris to focus on shootings during Georgia trip
<p>ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to meet with Asian American community leaders in Georgia in the wake of...
New Mexico gang member convicted of murder, racketeering
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal court jury has convicted a self-admitted member of a New Mexico prison gang of ordering and participating in the...
Jury nearly complete for Chauvin trial; major rulings loom
MINNEAPOLIS — Just two more jurors were needed for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death, as the...
With striking of Black juror, Floyd activists see racism
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an ex-officer charged in...
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
Chicago — The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come...
Iowa man gets 45 years in killing outside Gary gas station
CROWN POINT, Ind. — An Iowa man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2015 death of an...
Man who killed 2 at supermarket pleads guilty to hate crimes
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man serving a life sentence in prison for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store has pleaded guilty...
Scientists in US and Canada set to battle murder hornets
SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects...