Despite historic reductions in U.S. incarcerations amid COVID-19, Black and Latino prison populations “sharply increased,” a new study found.
Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
Minneapolis agrees to pay $9M in Derek Chauvin misconduct suits before George Floyd’s murder
The city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $9 million to settle two police misconduct lawsuits involving the actions of former officer Derek Chauvin.
Thousands participate in national school walkout after Nashville shooting, urge gun control
Thousands of students participated in a national school walkout Wednesday to demand action on gun control following the mass shooting in Nashville.
Brandon Johnson elected mayor of Chicago in close victory for progressives
Voters in Chicago chose former teacher Brandon Johnson to replace Lori Lightfoot to lead the nation’s third-largest city.
Parents charged in Oxford, Highland Park mass shootings. That’s unusual, experts say.
Parents are charged in the mass shootings at a Michigan high school and Illinois Fourth of July parade, raising questions about accountability.
Student shot 2 faculty members at Denver high school, police say; body found in search for suspect
A male student shot two faculty members at a Denver high school early Wednesday, police and school officials said.
Road rage shootings are increasing. There were more than 500 last year, report finds.
In 2022, someone was fatally shot or injured in a road rage incident on average every 16 hours, according to a new report Monday.
Chicago police chief, U.S. attorney resign after Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection
The head of the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced their resignations Wednesday.
Chicago voters end mayor Lori Lightfoot’s bid for reelection as challengers Vallas and Johnson head to April runoff
Chicago voters ended Lori Lightfoot’s bid for a second term as mayor Tuesday, where crime has emerged as a key ballot issue.
He was picking up his brother at school. Now his family is suing in a fatal police encounter.
The family of unarmed Colorado man Richard Ward fatally shot by police in a middle school pick-up line filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday.