Tag: Violent crime
Franklin College plans diversity trainings, hires new director
Franklin College is taking several steps to make all students feel welcomed on its campus.
The college’s new director of the Center for Diversity and...
Motion seeks evidence of past violence at Rittenhouse trial
KENOSHA, Wis. — Prosecutors in Wisconsin want a judge to allow evidence at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial that shows he had a previous violent encounter...
Cable TV worker killed, public workers shot in S. Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Charter Communications worker was killed in a South Carolina shooting and standoff that also wounded two public workers repairing a...
Infant shot in head among 7 wounded in Chicago shooting
CHICAGO — A shooting in Chicago wounded seven people, including an infant who was struck in the head, authorities say.
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UN documents prisoners’ torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict
KYIV, Ukraine — Prisoners taken by the warring parties in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine have endured systematic torture, sexual violence and other...
Belarus leader says alleged foreign-backed plots thwarted
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed Friday that his government has thwarted a series of purported Western-backed plots, and ordered the...
Maxwell lawyers: Cosby ruling reason to toss sex abuse case
NEW YORK — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are arguing a court decision that freed Bill Cosby from prison backs up tossing out...
No federal charges for cop who shot Black driver Sam DuBose
CINCINNATI — A white police officer who fatally shot Sam DuBose, a Black motorist, in Cincinnati in 2015 won't face federal civil rights charges...
Biden to back changes in military sexual assault prosecution
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is putting his stamp of approval on a long-debated change to the military justice system that would remove decisions...
Lawyer: Ex-officer reaches plea deal in Black man’s death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A white former Nashville police officer will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday just ahead of his first-degree murder trial, three...