Eric Garner's mother saw her son's last minutes after police put him in a chokehold six years ago. This week, she revealed that another family member -- US Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario -- was also involved in a controversial…
A Black police officer in Buffalo, New York, who was fired in 2008 for intervening when a White colleague employed a chokehold will be given back pay and a pension, a New York judge ruled.The officer, Cariol Horne, was fired…
The police chief of Windsor, Virginia, said Wednesday that a traffic stop in which two officers pointed guns at a US Army officer, pepper-sprayed him and pushed him to the ground was "a teaching moment" and that he wished the…
Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, was killed during a rape or attempted rape in a dorm room, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.Paul Flores, 44, was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death, according to…
For years, Dan Schoenthal had in the back of his mind that he wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail. That goal took on a new sense of urgency after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015.He hiked part of…
The city of Placerville, California, also known as Hangtown, is losing the noose on its logo.The logo, which the city manager believes is only about 40 years old, depicts a miner and a noose hanging from a tree in the…
A former student athletic trainer at the University of Evansville filed a lawsuit against the Indiana school, alleging sexual assault and a pattern of sexual harassment by former basketball head coach, Walter McCarty, according to the suit.The suit alleges that…
Maryland's former chief medical examiner testified for Derek Chauvin's defense on Wednesday that George Floyd died due to his underlying heart disease -- not the police restraint."In my opinion, Mr. Floyd had a sudden cardiac arrhythmia, or cardiac arrhythmia, due…
The mother's mind raced as she watched her sons from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.The two boys were crying and holding hands as they crossed the border alone.After all they'd been through together, it was shocking to see…
When Laura Coates' husband brought a dash camera home a few years ago, she rolled her eyes. There he goes buying yet another gadget, she remembers thinking.Then he took her hand and told her it was for her -- so…
A 16-year-old, armed with a knife and what turned out to be an airsoft gun, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Maryland state trooper, a state police official said.The shooting is the latest incident of police killing or…
Speaking at a rally, Minnesota state Rep. John Thompson offered a warning about violence against Black men in the state.Thompson was a friend of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon…
It's 100 days until the Tokyo Olympics, and Japan is running into another problem: Only about 1% of its population is vaccinated from Covid-19.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can…
For the fourth night in a row, protesters gathered at the Brooklyn Center police station to demonstrate over the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb, hours after former police officer…
One deceased person has been found and 12 others are missing after a commercial vessel capsized Tuesday several miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, according to the US Coast Guard.There were 19 individuals on board at the time of the…
Rusten Sheskey, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times while responding to a domestic incident last year, has returned to active duty, according to a statement from Police Chief Daniel Miskinis."Although this incident has been reviewed…
The fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man named Daunte Wright by a White police officer outside Minneapolis has prompted protests and clashes with law enforcement.Wright was killed by Officer Kim Potter during a routine traffic stop in the Minneapolis…
The NCAA says it "firmly and unequivocally supports" transgender athletes having the opportunity to participate in college sports as a growing number of states have moved to block them from competing."Inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student-athletes, including transgender…
Virginia's attorney general said his office is looking into whether there was a "pattern of misconduct" at the Windsor Police Department after two officers pointed guns at at a US Army officer, pepper-sprayed him and pushed him to the ground…
Two men were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said at a news conference.Authorities have not found Smart's body,…
