Tag: Violent crime
County where Ahmaud Arbery slain hires Black police chief
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The coastal Georgia county where Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying raised an outcry over racial injustice has hired its first full-time Black police...
Study: Texas bases lead Army posts in risk of sexual assault
WASHINGTON — Female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those...
Texas man indicted in deadly shooting at cabinet business
BRYAN, Texas — A Texas man has been indicted on a charges of murder and assault for allegedly opening fire at a cabinet-making company...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
2 ex-Oklahoma County jail employees charged with felonies
OKLAHOMA CITY — Prosecutors charged two former employees of the Oklahoma County Jail in separate cases in which they are accused of allowing inmates...
Sharpton condemns Honolulu police shooting of Black man
HONOLULU — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning the Honolulu Police Department for the fatal shooting of a Black man as...
Woman now 7th person wanted in Georgia taxi driver’s slaying
ATLANTA — A seventh person is now wanted in the April death of a Georgia taxi driver found slain far from her home.
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Newspaper sues SC police over records in mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of...
Motive sought for fatal string of Arizona freeway shootings
PHOENIX — Investigators on Friday were trying to determine why a gunman opened fire on vehicles and pedestrians for some 90 minutes across suburban...
Judge: No bail for man accused of road rage murder of boy
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man charged with the murder of a 6-year-old boy in a road rage incident was ordered held...