Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges in the torture of two Black men in January 2023.
Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
Lori Vallow Daybell, convicted on murder charges in Idaho, still faces charges in Arizona
Convicted Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell faces felony charges in Arizona, and her husband is expected to stand trial next year on murder charges.
‘A hidden epidemic’: Gun suicides reached an all-time high in the US in 2022
Gun suicides reached an all-time high in 2022, and the gun suicide rate among Black teens surpassed that of white teens for the first time on record.
She did 28 years for murder. Now this wrongfully convicted woman is going after corrupt Chicago police
A woman who spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder she did not commit filed a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department.
Most violent crime is declining in the US after COVID-19 surge, while car thefts soar.
Most violent crimes are declining in American cities but remain at elevated levels compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report finds.
America’s red-hot summer: How people are coping with extreme heat waves across the country
About 80 million people in the U.S., nearly a quarter of the population, may encounter extreme heat this week.
US on grim pace for gun violence, mass killings in 2023: ‘The bad year continues’
There have been dozens of mass killings in the United States in 2023, including an unusually high number of public mass shootings.
DOJ investigating Georgia jail after man found unresponsive and covered in bug bites
The Department of Justice is launching a civil investigation into Georgia’s Fulton County Jail after a man was found covered in bug bites in his cell.
Year after mass shooting, Highland Park asks: What does freedom mean this Fourth of July?
A year since the mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, survivors grapple with the meaning of Independence Day.
Gun violence statistics at historic highs ahead of Fourth of July holiday
This July 4th, the United States is seeing an acceleration of mass shootings, gunfire on school grounds, armed robberies, carjackings and road rage.