Crime
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'Scum of the earth': Drug victims face Purdue Pharma owners
Mar 12, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Angry, defiant and sometimes tearful, more than two dozen Americans whose lives were upended by the opioid crisis finally had their long-awaited chance T...
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Atlanta: Tribute to victims on anniversary of spa shootings
Mar 12, 2022 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Nearly a year after eight people were killed in a mass shooting at three Atlanta-area spas, many of them women of Asian descent, community members came to...
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Facing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
Mar 12, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Kara Trainor composed herself, looked into a camera and began to speak to the drugmakers she holds responsible for two decades of suffering that has exte...
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Wisconsin crime lab destroys Kyle Rittenhouse rifle
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin officials have destroyed the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during street protests in Kenosha in 2020. ...
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Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma'Khia Bryant
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus police officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last year has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, Ohio prosecutors ...
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Court: London police acted unlawfully to stop Everard vigil
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - London police acted unlawfully when they used coronavirus restrictions to prevent a vigil in memory of a murdered woman, a court ruled Friday in a victory ...
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Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - Congress has renewed a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence Against Women Act nearly three y...
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US immigration arrests drop amid focus on most dangerous
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigration enforcement arrests within the U.S. fell sharply over the past year as the Biden administration shifted its enforcement priorities to focus...
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Live updates: Zelenskyy alleges Russia kidnapped mayor
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LVIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Friday of kidnapping the mayor of the city o...
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Jussie Smollett starts 150-day jail term in protected status
Mar 11, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Jussie Smollett began a 150-day jail sentence for staging a hate crime against himself in protective custody, separated from other detainees and watched b...