Tag: Violent crime
Athletes abused by late doctor demand U-Michigan probe
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former athletes on Wednesday urged the University of Michigan's governing board to launch a full investigation of sexual abuse committed...
Girl’s sex-assault lawsuit reinstated by appeals court
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a lawsuit from a northern Virginia student who said her school failed to take...
Alabama juvenile lifer appeals life without parole sentence
A man sentenced to die in prison for a murder committed when he was 14 — whose case became U.S. Supreme Court precedent —...
Mexico confirms bone fragment matches missing student
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have fully confirmed the match between a bone fragment and a student missing since 2014.
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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...
Police: 1 killed, 5 wounded in Baltimore shooting
BALTIMORE — One person was killed and five others were wounded Wednesday in a shooting in Baltimore, the city's police commissioner said.
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3 Honolulu police officers charged in killing of 16-year-old
HONOLULU — A policeman has been charged with murder and two officers charged with attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy,...
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...
Indiana man fatally shot in exchange of gunfire with police
WOLCOTT, Ind. — A man who exchanged gunfire with northwest Indiana police officers sent to arrest him on a warrant was struck by gunfire...
Police: Fatal Austin mass shooting arose from a teenage feud
A deadly weekend mass shooting in Austin’s famed...