Tag: Homicide
North Carolina governor grants pardon to ex-death row inmate
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon Wednesday to a man who was once on death row for a shopkeeper’s...
Prosecutors: New trial not merited for ex-cop in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors say the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death should not be granted a new...
Hours after 4 killed in Chicago, 5 more hurt in shooting
CHICAGO —
Five people standing outside on Chicago's West Side...
Suspect arrested on murder charge in death of Texas teen
BIG SPRING, Texas — Authorities have arrested a man in the death of a 13-year-old West Texas girl who was reported missing more than...
Man jailed in fatal crash at Minneapolis rally has past DWIs
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police on Tuesday identified the man who drove into a crowd of demonstrators, killing one and injuring three others, as a...
Feds to cooperate in Virginia case against Park Police cops
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a break from his predecessors in the Trump administration, is allowing federal agents to cooperate...
South Carolina inmates want deaths delayed during appeal
Days before what could be South Carolina's first execution in a decade, the two inmates scheduled to die this month under the state’s recently...
Coroner: Jail death of Black man changed to a homicide
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A coroner has changed the death certificate of a mentally ill Black man who died in a South Carolina jail earlier...
Terror charges laid against attack suspect in Canada
LONDON, Ontario — Prosecutors laid terrorism charges Monday against a man accused of driving down and killing four members of a Muslim family in...
Officials grapple with street dirt bikes, ATVs after slaying
PHILADELPHIA — City officials are looking at ways to deal with dirt bikes and ATVs on city streets following a shooting death that occurred...