Nation Nov 03 WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse trial for Kenosha shooting continues – Day 2 The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial over a string of shootings on the streets of Kenosha watched one of the central pieces of video evidence Wednesday.
Nation Nov 02 WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse trial begins over Kenosha shooting A prosecutor says Kyle Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation that led him to shoot three people on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin. But Rittenhouse’s attorney says his client acted in self-defense.
Nation Nov 01 Judge hopes to seat Kyle Rittenhouse jury within a day Rittenhouse was 17 when he made the short trip north from his home in Illinois, just across the Wisconsin border, during protests that broke out in August 2020 after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man.
Nation Jul 19 Capitol rioter who breached Senate gets 8 months for felony A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar…
Politics Jul 01 Garland halts federal executions, orders review of protocols The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.
Nation Apr 16 Chicago police critics call for charges in shooting of boy Viewers reacted with a mix of outrage and grief to newly released bodycam video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 13-year-old less than a second after the boy dropped a handgun, turned toward the officer and began…
Nation Feb 17 AP report: Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases An Associated Press review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.
Nation Jan 12 Female inmate’s execution on hold; 2 more halted over COVID-19 The U.S. government's plans to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades are on hold, and two other executions this week have been canceled because the inmates tested positive for COVID-19.
Nation Jan 05 WATCH: No criminal charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake A Wisconsin prosecutor said he will not file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha last summer that left him paralyzed.
Nation Dec 11 Trump administration plans 2nd execution in as many days The series of executions after Election Day, the first in late November, is the first time in over 130 years where federal executions have occurred during a lame-duck period.