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September 24, 2020

Mexico homicide rate remains high at 29 per 100,000

Mexico’s homicide rate remained at historically high levels of 29 killings per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the National ...

September 24, 2020

Q&A: What were the results of Breonna Taylor investigation?

Six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in her Kentucky apartment, a grand jury delivered a long-awaited ...

September 24, 2020

The Latest: Black women address rally in downtown Portland

The Latest on a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor's ...

September 24, 2020

Anger, tears for protesters seeking justice for Taylor

Angry, confused and shedding tears, demonstrators who spent months calling for justice in the fatal police shooting of ...

September 24, 2020

Pence, Ivanka bring law-and-order tour to city of Floyd

Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump are bringing President Donald Trump’s law-and-order campaign message to ...

September 24, 2020

Prosecutor: Bar owner wanted to 'ambush' people stealing

A white Nebraska bar owner who killed himself after being charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a Black man during ...

September 24, 2020

2nd Texas death row inmate declared intellectually disabled

For the second time in as many weeks, Texas’ highest criminal court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of an inmate ...

September 23, 2020

Man convicted in 1971 slayings of NYC cops granted parole

A former member of a Black radical group who was convicted in the 1971 killings of two New York City police officers has been ...

September 23, 2020

Man, 77, charged in 1974 murder of Texas teenage girl

A man was arrested and charged in the 1974 killing of a Texas teenage girl after nearly 50 years of investigation and the ...

September 22, 2020

Renovated Lizzie Borden house on the market, again

A home where Lizzie Borden lived in Fall River, Massachusetts, is on the market again, after being sold most recently in 2018

September 21, 2020

Nebraska man charged in protester’s death dies by suicide

A white business owner charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a Black man during protests in Nebraska has died by ...

September 19, 2020

Court weighs allowing courtroom cameras in George Floyd case

The trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death will generate massive public interest ...

September 19, 2020

Trump seeks rural votes in battleground Minnesota

President Donald Trump stumped for votes in rural Minnesota, predicting his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, would terminate ...

September 19, 2020

4 Louisiana police officers charged in Black man's death

Four police officers in northwest Louisiana have been charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance in connection with the ...

September 19, 2020

Father gets 30 years after plea in death of Illinois boy, 5

A northern Illinois man who was charged with murder for his role in the beating death of his 5-year-old son pleaded guilty ...

September 18, 2020

Mexico City school owner convicted in 2017 collapse

The owner and director of an elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake has been found guilty ...

September 17, 2020

In `law and order' debate, data can be molded to suit moment

President Donald Trump points to spiking crime and delivers stark statistics on murders and shootings as part of his “law and ...

September 17, 2020

Texas soldier's slaying inspires bid to expand military code

Decisions on whether to prosecute members of the U.S. military for sexual assault or sexual harassment would be handled ...