Tag: Violent crime
7 jurors face new questioning in ex-officer’s murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS — Jury selection for a former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death faced a possible setback Wednesday, as the judge prepared...
French court to rule on firefighters accused of raping teen
PARIS — France’s top court is ruling Wednesday in a case involving three firefighters accused of repeatedly raping a girl when she was between...
Sex abuse inquiry: English soccer failed to protect youths
LONDON — English soccer did not do enough to protect children from pedophile coaches in an “institutional failure” by the game's governing body, an...
South Africa headmaster charged for sending boy into latrine
JOHANNESBURG —
A school headmaster in South Africa has been...
Poland: 4 churchmen allegedly didn’t report sex abuse claims
WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors say they have received allegations that four senior churchmen broke the law by failing to report a complaint that...
Nashville OKs $2.25M settlement in fatal shooting by officer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials in Tennessee have agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Black man...
Man who spent years in prison sues over withheld evidence
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Outlaw had already spent 15 years in prison for murder when he found out the man he was convicted of killing...
3 men ages 40 to 65 in homeless camp killed by driver
SAN DIEGO — The three people killed when a driver plowed through a homeless camp on a sidewalk in downtown San Diego were all...
Police protest response stokes outrage ahead of crime bill
LONDON — The British government is under pressure to do more to protect women and ensure the right to protest as Parliament prepares to...
Kosovo war crimes suspect arrested by authorities in Belgium
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Belgian authorities have arrested a Kosovo war crimes suspect indicted by prosecutors at a special court in The Hague, the...
