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Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - On a chilly October night, a few brave souls gathered under the light of fall's first full moon in the heart of the [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY As students across the country returned to classrooms this fall, four Las Vegas teenagers returned to a court room to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Will Hofmann USA TODAY NETWORK ASHEVILLE, N.C. - About 2.3 million people remained without power Sunday across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, including [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, and Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY On the day that Jayvion Taylor collapsed during an afternoon football practice in Hopewell, Virginia, it was nearly 90 degrees. By [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, and Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY The same day a teenager opened fire at a rural Georgia high school and killed two teachers and two classmates, a 15-year-old [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg,, Cybele Mayes-Osterman,, Melissa Cruz and Eve Chen WINDER, Ga. - Lifelong Winder resident John George was about 14 years old when he was first given a gun [...]

Byline: Sara Chernikoff and N'dea Yancey-Bragg USA TODAY A trucker who was distracted by TikTok and speeding in the Phoenix area last year caused a crash that killed five people. [...]

Roanoke, VA (Cardinal News) The politics behind Trump's appearance with members of the Roanoke College women's swim team. Get a sneak peak of what our election night page will look [...]

Byline: Sara ChernikoffN'dea Yancey-Bragg USA TODAY A trucker who was distracted by TikTok and speeding in the Phoenix area last year caused a crash that killed five people. He's now [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, and Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY When police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University earlier this year, officers doused Moataz Salim's hands and arms so thoroughly [...]

Byline: Trevor Hughes, Michael Loria, N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Steven Spearie, USA TODAY NETWORK SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Three times, Sonya Massey's name floated into the evening air amid bunches of star-shaped [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY AUSTIN, Texas - There was a time when the Austin Women's Health Center would be so full, patients waited outside on benches. Those lucky enough [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Joshua Williams and Pam Dankins, USA TODAY JACKSON, Miss. - The six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who last month were handed yearslong federal prison sentences for [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Two men have been charged with murder and other crimes in connection with a shooting at a parade following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Harvey Matthews remembers spending time in Moses Macedonia African Cemetery as a child growing up in the vibrant River Road community of Bethesda, Maryland. Hundreds [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, and Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY NEW YORK - New York City required this week that police officers track the race of people they stop for questioning, a [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY For Andrea Walls, joy begins with a warm cup of coffee served in her favorite mug at the start of the day. And it doesn't [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Researchers estimated there may have been more than 64,500 pregnancies resulting from rape in the 14 states that have enacted near-total abortion bans since Roe [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Fewer police officers died in the line of duty last year and fewer than 50 were fatally shot on the job, according to a preliminary [...]

Jeanne DuPrau’s “Project F,” Patricia Forde’s “The Girl Who Fell to Earth” and Donna Barba Higuera’s “Alebrijes” answer the question, Could this be the beginning of the end? Worldwide flooding. [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Officials announced Wednesday that a Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 27-year-old man last week will be fired for administrative violations. The announcement comes [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY The Los Angeles County sheriff's department has launched an investigation after two deputies were seen using force to detain two people at a grocery store [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY A 17-year-old who was shot in the head and arm after going to the wrong house and ringing the doorbell walked at a brain injury [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY The former Minnesota police officer who claimed she mistook her handgun for a Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop was [...]

Byline: Lucas Finton, and N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY NETWORK MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old man who died after officers from the Memphis Police Department beat [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY An 84-year-old white man was charged with armed assault Monday days after shooting a Black teenager who family members said went to the wrong house. [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, , Stephanie Warsmith and Terry Collins, USA TODAY NETWORK AKRON, Ohio - The eight Akron police officers who shot and killed Jayland Walker last June won't face [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, and Micaela A Watts, USA TODAY MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis judge ruled nearly 20 hours of additional footage and internal documents related to the city's investigation [...]

Byline: Doug Caruso, N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Rachel Looker, USA TODAY When a child vanishes, families expect authorities to use every resource to find them. That expectation often includes an Amber [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Disbarred South Carolina attorney Richard 'Alex' Murdaugh returned to the stand Friday to continue testifying in his double murder trial about his financial misconduct, drug [...]

Byline: Lucas Finton, and N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY NETWORK MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Officials have announced that a sixth Memphis Police officer has been relieved of duty in connection with the [...]

Byline: John Bacon, N'dea Yancey-Bragg, and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The suspect in the University of Virginia shooting that left three people dead and two wounded [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Sasha Ndisabiye and Rachel Looker, USA TODAY Donna Green held her infant son for only five days before he was kidnapped from her Atlanta home by a [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY A small Mississippi city has a new police chief after its last was secretly recorded bragging about shooting and killing people in the line of [...]

Byline: Jordan D. Brown, Jacob Fulton, Grace Hauck and N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Survivors and families affected by gun violence called on legislators Wednesday to enact stricter gun [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY After spending a morning in April at her 13-acre farm, a food bank and a fundraiser for a Juneteenth museum, Opal Lee, 95, kicked off [...]

Byline: Joey Yancey Members of the Mizzou Tour Team are often the first face prospective students see and associate with MU. Tour guides are responsible for conducting campus tours, leading [...]

Byline: Joey Yancey 'Mizzou invented Homecoming,' are the three words constantly iterated to students -- prospective and current alike. The event boasts an average of 70,000 participants every year. However, [...]

Byline: Ashley R. Williams, Grace Hauck, and N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Columbine survivor Missy Mendo was filling out pre-K paperwork for her 4-year-old daughter, Ellie, when she saw the news [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Illinois banned unmarked 'ghost guns' Wednesday after a number of deadly shootings renewed nationwide concerns about gun violence. 'Ghost guns' are untraceable weapons sometimes made [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Government officials testified Tuesday at Congress' first public hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years as part of an effort to be more transparent [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY A seat on a Florida amusement park ride that a 14-year-old boy fell to his death from last month was manually adjusted and unsafe, according [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, , Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Ryan Miller, USA TODAY NEW YORK - Riders returned to the nation's busiest subway system Wednesday, some with jangled nerves, others undaunted, [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY In the year after the U.S. Capitol attack, the number of active hate groups in the United States has continued to decline, but the popularity [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Two of the men serving life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 seek acquittal of their federal hate crimes convictions, according [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY A 17-year-old was arrested Monday in connection to a homicide investigation that led to the death of Amir Locke, who was shot [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Family and community members on Wednesday were mourning the deaths of two campus officers described as a 'dynamic duo' who were shot and killed Tuesday [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY You've probably seen medical illustrations in textbooks or at the doctor's office, but have you ever seen one featuring a person of color? Last month, [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Raisa Habersham and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Jurors in the murder trial of the three Georgia men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's killing listened to [...]

Byline: N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Raisa Habersham, USA TODAY BRUNSWICK, Ga. - The man seen on video fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery acknowledged that Arbery did not threaten him during a chase [...]