Nation Sep 25 Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute By Ed White, Sophie Bates, Associated Press
Politics Aug 12 Fact-checking Trump's claims about homicides in DC President Donald Trump stretched an outdated homicide rate into an inaccurate blanket statement. By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact
Nation May 15 Dozens of deaths in police custody were misclassified in autopsies, Maryland officials say An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner’s testimony… By Brian Witte, Lea Skene, Associated Press
Nation Jul 05 Suspect in custody after deadly Fourth of July attack in Southern California beach city Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack during a neighborhood Fourth of July gathering in Huntington Beach, California, police said Friday. By Eugene Garcia, Stefanie Dazio, Jaimie Ding, Associated Press
Nation Jun 01 Idaho man sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend's 2 children in doomsday plot Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just… By Associated Press
Dec 23 One person killed, 1 injured in shooting at central Florida shopping mall, police say By Associated Press Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the victim was “targeted.”… Continue reading
Nov 24 Police solving far fewer cases as homicides rise in Washington, D.C. By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press As the number of homicides in Washington, D.C., rises, the percentage that are solved by the Metropolitan Police Department has dropped this year. Continue reading
Oct 21 Police seek motive for fatal stabbing of Detroit synagogue president outside her home By Associated Press A Detroit synagogue president, identified in a statement from Mayor Mike Duggan as Samantha Woll, was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday, police said. Continue reading
Oct 16 Killing of Muslim boy outside of Chicago was hate crime in response to Israel-Hamas war, police say By Sophia Tareen, Ed White, Associated Press A 71-year-old Illinois landlord upset over the Israel-Hamas war attacked a Palestinian American woman with a knife when she proposed they “pray for peace” and killed her 6-year-old son, authorities said Monday. Continue reading
Oct 15 Illinois man accused of killing Muslim child, wounding woman is charged with hate crime By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press A 71-year-old Illinois man was charged Sunday with a hate crime, accused of fatally stabbing a young boy and seriously wounding a woman because of their Islamic faith and the Israel-Hamas war, authorities said. Continue reading