Tag: Homicide
Rights group: Colombian police cause deaths of 20 protesters
BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — An international monitoring group on Wednesday accused police officers in Colombia of responsibility for the deaths of 20 people and other...
Missouri governor: Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for Kevin Strickland is not a “priority,” even though prosecutors...
March trial schedule set for 3 ex-officers in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — A more detailed trial schedule for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George...
Federal judge asked to halt 2 South Carolina electrocutions
FLORENCE, S.C. — Attorneys for two prisoners facing death by electrocution under South Carolina’s new capital punishment law are asking a federal judge to...
Suit: Indiana cop was speeding before pregnant woman killed
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant...
Bail on hold for Virginia Tech player charged with murder
BLACKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia Tech freshman linebacker charged with second-degree murder fatally beat his victim after discovering that the person, whom he met...
Crews work again to reopen George Floyd Square to traffic
MINNEAPOLIS — City crews returned early Tuesday to a Minneapolis intersection where a memorial to George Floyd was assembled after his death last year...
Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife seeks relief from guilty plea
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A judge reset a hearing on Tuesday to address a request by the ex-wife of slain NBA player Lorenzen Wright to...
Man formally charged in killings of Indiana woman, 3 kids
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A man accused of killing a woman and her three young children in a northeastern Indiana home was formally charged...
Mother and her son from prominent SC legal family found dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were killed on their family's land, and authorities said they...
