Guns overtake car crashes as leading cause of US trauma-related deaths, study says
In 2017, there were 1.44 million years of potential life lost due to firearm deaths, edging out that of motor vehicle crashes (1.37 million years),...
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Austin police officers charged after 2020 George Floyd protests says they’ve been released on just $1 bond
The 19 officers were indicted on two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant that “intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly” caused serious bodily harm to...
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George Floyd death: Jury deliberations to begin Wednesday in federal civil rights trial of 3 ex-officers involved in Floyd’s killing
Magnuson said the chief judge made the decision to close the courthouse early Tuesday due to extreme winter weather passing through the area. “It’s being...
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Blackhawk helicopters crash, Utah National Guard says
(CNN)Two Utah National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters were involved in a training accident Tuesday morning, the Utah National Guard tweeted. No crew members were injured,...
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Ahmaud Arbery’s killers found guilty on all counts in federal hate crime trial
While we wait for a verdict to be read in court in the federal hate crimes trial of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie”...
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Ahmaud Arbery murder: ‘Pent-up racial anger’ led to killers’ pursuit of Arbery, prosecutor says in closing arguments of hate crimes trial
“This wasn’t about trespassing. This wasn’t about neighborhood crimes, either. … It was about race — racial assumptions, racial resentment, and racial anger,” Justice Department...
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San Antonio: $250,000 reward offered in search for missing girl Lina Sardar Khil
The Islamic Center of San Antonio is offering $200,000 for information leading to the girl’s safe return. In addition, San Antonio CrimeStoppers said it will...
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Kim Potter: Former Minnesota police officer will be sentenced for Daunte Wright’s death today
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asked Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu to impose the presumptive sentence of 86 months, or seven years and two months,...
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Gail Halvorsen: Cold War ‘Candy Bomber’ dies at 101
The Gail S. Halvorsen Aviation Education Foundation said on Facebook that he died surrounded by family after a brief illness. Halvorsen gained fame — and...
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‘There was something about the staircase that bothered him.’ Inside the search for Paislee Shultis
Roughly an hour and a half into the search, one detective took a closer look at the wooden staircase. “He couldn’t put his finger on...
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Video showing Bridgewater police breaking up a fight in a New Jersey mall prompts outrage
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday that the “appearance of what is racially disparate treatment is deeply, deeply disturbing.” One video of the incident...
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Saugerties missing girl: Two years later, police find her alive under staircase
The child, Paislee Joann Shultis, now 6, was reported missing on July 13, 2019, from Cayuga Heights, a village on the outskirts of Ithaca, New...