Top News
BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a Baltimore police officer who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was injured in the back of a police transport van (all times local). 1:10 p.m. The Charlottesville, Virginia, police chief and a 35-year veteran of law […]
The search for Relisha Rudd has resumed after officials have ordered a new series of searches for the missing child. WUSA9 reports: Rudd disappeared in March of 2014. She was last seen with Khalil Tatum, a janitor who worked at the homeless shelter where Rudd lived with her family.Tatum allegedly killed his wife and himself about a […]
Rev. Al Sharpton gives an update on the rally at the Supreme Court in the case of Abigal Fisher vs. The University of Texas at Austin. “It was stunning. They permitted Attorney Hardy and I to sit in the hearing. In the arguments against the University of Texas and Abigal Fisher who claims she was […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is one of only two large cities in the country that do not equip officers with stun guns, a situation the city’s police chief wants to change after police fatally shot a knife-wielding stabbing suspect last week. Police Chief Greg Suhr publicly renewed a call Wednesday night to add […]
The news comes a year after reports of fatalities and injuries at the hands of police--most recently Laquan McDonald in Chicago--amid widening frustration over the lack of official recordings of the incidents.
CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel, known for keeping vise-like control over Chicago and his own political image, finds himself in the weakest position of his long public career as he struggles to respond to a police scandal, claims of cover-ups at City Hall and calls for his resignation. But the former White House chief […]
The video was uploaded to the popular college-used app, Yeti. Videos and photos, uploaded to the community app anonymously, is a place where students can share events and information on campus.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears torn over the use of race in college admissions and may not be ready to make a decision without more information. During arguments Wednesday, several justices asked about the value of ordering more hearings in a case from Texas that was before them for the second time. Additional […]
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A death row inmate who insisted he was innocent shook his head while looking at Georgia officials before his death sentence was carried out early Wednesday. Prison Warden Bruce Chatman announced that the time of death for Brian Keith Terrell, 47, was 12:52 a.m. Terrell was convicted of malice murder in […]
The fate of Daniel Holtzclaw, the Oklahoma City police officer on trial for raping 12 Black women and one underage Black girl, is now in the hands of a jury.
Chicago Commander Glenn Evans is on trial after allegations have surfaced of him assaulting a man with a gun. The Chicago Tribune reports: Prosecutors have alleged that Glenn Evans, one of the department’s 22 district commanders before he was charged and placed on paid desk duty, chased Rickey Williams into an abandoned South Side building, […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A white police officer in Delaware seen on video kicking a black suspect in the head and breaking his jaw has been acquitted of assault. A Kent County Superior Court jury deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before acquitting Dover police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV of felony assault Tuesday. […]
