Tag: Homicide
Appeal over dictionary use denied in U.Va. lacrosse slaying
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge has rejected an appeal from a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his 2012 murder conviction...
Religious leader sentenced for 1980s child deaths
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A woman who once ran a Florida religious group described as a cult by prosecutors has been sentenced for the 1980s...
Fort Wayne triple shooting leaves 2 men dead, 1 injured
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A triple shooting In Fort Wayne killed two men and critically injured a third, authorities said.
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Judge clears man who served 15 years for Detroit firebombing
DETROIT — A judge on Thursday ordered the release of a man who had spent more than 15 years in prison for the firebombing...
Judge: Teen charged with killing 5 relatives to stay jailed
ATHENS, Ala. — A judge ruled that an Alabama teenager charged with killing five family members will remain jailed pending trial, denying a request...
Governor wants to overhaul citizen arrests after Arbery case
ATLANTA — Georgia's governor is backing a plan to overhaul the state's citizen's arrest law, taking aim at a statute scrutinized last year after...
Lawyers want special prosecutor in cases vs. Atlanta police
ATLANTA — Attorneys alleging excessive force involving Atlanta police officers in two high-profile cases, including the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, want a special...
Suspect, 95, charged with murder in assisted living shooting
A 95-year-old resident of an assisted living facility accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker has been charged with first-degree murder.
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Honduras investigates police in case of murdered student
TEGUCIGALPA, Hondruas — Relatives buried the body Wednesday of a 26-year-old Honduran nursing student who died in a police cell hours after she was...
Austin police fatally shoot man who held child amid standoff
AUSTIN, Texas — A police officer in Texas shot and killed a man who was holding a child and woman hostage after breaking into...
