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His acquittal in the infamous trial involving Nicole Brown Simpson's death prompted powerful backlash that helped change the perception around domestic violence. In December 1994, investigators from the Los Angeles [...]

Nine people have been charged with crimes, including weapons violations, in connection to the shooting in Kansas City, Mo., last month. A third man has been charged with murder in [...]

Prosecutors said two teenagers also face charges. More arrests are possible, they said. It began, prosecutors said, with one man accusing another of staring at him. Groups of men, who [...]

Homicides in Kansas City, Mo., increased last year, many of them attributed to arguments, officials say. Across the country, Americans were shocked and horrified by the images on Wednesday from [...]

The authorities said the teenagers had been charged with resisting arrest and gun violations, and that additional charges are expected. Two teenagers were charged with resisting arrest and ''gun-related'' offenses [...]

An armed 17-year-old student left one dead and five wounded at Perry High School. In downtown Perry, Iowa, on Friday, residents wore blue to support each other, reflecting the school [...]

Robert Crimo Jr., whose son is accused in a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in 2022, agreed to a plea that will send him to jail for 60 [...]

Michael Tisius, convicted in the murders of two jail guards, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. The News Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said on Monday that he would [...]

The News On Tuesday evening, the state of Missouri executed Michael Tisius, a 42-year-old who murdered two jail guards in 2000. His case attracted international attention and pleas for clemency, [...]

Michael Tisius was convicted of murdering two jail guards. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. The murders were so brazen, so brutal, they stunned the people of Missouri. [...]

Michael Tisius was convicted of murdering two jail guards. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. The murders were so brazen, so brutal, they stunned the people of Missouri. [...]

Minnesota's attorney general, Keith Ellison, who jotted notes to himself daily as he oversaw the prosecution, has written a book about the case. The country was riveted for three weeks [...]

Two men appeared in courtrooms in different parts of the country on Wednesday, charged in shootings that came after minor missteps on everyday tasks. Hundreds of miles apart, the two [...]

Residents and friends of the victim were searching for answers as the 84-year-old homeowner surrendered to the authorities on two felony charges. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- On Tuesday morning, hundreds [...]

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Until a gunman shot and killed three Michigan State University students this week, the campus was a whirl of activity where 50,000 students came and went [...]

With cameras nearly everywhere, and residents wary, the authorities are moving faster and speaking critically when officers are accused of beatings. CHICAGO -- It took 13 months and an order [...]

Robert Crimo Jr., whose son is accused of killing seven people at this year's Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., was charged with seven counts of reckless conduct. [...]

Darrell E. Brooks was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide after driving his car in a rampage through a parade in Waukesha, Wis., in 2021. Darrell E. Brooks was found guilty [...]

The gunman, who was identified as a former student, also died after a shootout with the police at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, the authorities said. At least [...]

A state board had previously said the issue could not appear on the ballot because of word spacing problems on the petitions. The Michigan Supreme Court said Thursday that voters [...]

Jason Ravnsborg, who killed a man with his car in 2020, was removed from office after the State Senate voted to convict him. He was impeached by the House in [...]

UVALDE, Texas -- The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in a rural Texas elementary school on Tuesday entered the building despite being confronted by an armed school [...]

Jason Van Dyke served three years of a nearly seven-year sentence. He was convicted of second-degree murder in the teenager's death, which put a spotlight on police misconduct. CHICAGO -- [...]

Dominick Black, a friend of Mr. Rittenhouse, had been accused of two felonies for buying the weapon. In a plea deal with prosecutors, he will pay a fine. CHICAGO -- [...]

KENOSHA, Wis. -- Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another amid protests and rioting over police conduct in Kenosha, Wis., was found not guilty of homicide and [...]

KENOSHA, Wis. -- Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another amid protests and rioting over police conduct in Kenosha, Wis., was found not guilty of homicide and [...]

The length of time spent suggests that the jurors may have clashed on the complex decisions they face. They were expected to resume deliberations on Friday morning. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team sought a mistrial on Wednesday, its second such request. The judge has yet to rule on either. KENOSHA, Wis. -- Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial [...]

The jury will begin deliberating on Tuesday. The prosecution says Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men after instigating the shootings, while his lawyers say he was defending himself. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Among the important portions of the trial: Mr. Rittenhouse's own testimony, along with the words of someone who thought he, too, had been shot by Mr. Rittenhouse. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Mr. Rittenhouse testified for hours about the deaths of two men and the shooting of another amid protests in Kenosha, Wis. The judge and prosecutor sparred bitterly over judicial procedure. [...]

For much of his life, Mr. Rittenhouse, now 18, tried on identities infused with bravery and service. Kyle Rittenhouse arrived in downtown Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020, with at least [...]

Bruce Schroeder is presiding over the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse and at times took a strict line with prosecutors. Bruce Schroeder, the longest-serving circuit court judge in Wisconsin, is presiding [...]

The testimony underscores the prosecutors' challenge in disproving a self-defense claim. Gaige Grosskreutz, who was armed, was shot while responding to an earlier shooting. KENOSHA, Wis. -- Gaige Grosskreutz, the [...]

On the fourth day of the trial, jurors were shown graphic videos from the chaotic night in 2020 when shootings broke out after demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis. The fourth day [...]

Prosecutors described Mr. Rittenhouse as an out-of-town visitor who was armed illegally during tense protests over policing in Kenosha, Wis. His defense team said he was defending himself. KENOSHA, Wis. [...]

The judge pushed back against comments from potential jurors who said they had read and talked too much about the shootings that took place during unrest in Kenosha County, Wis. [...]

Mr. Rittenhouse was 17 when he went to Kenosha, Wis., amid protests against police violence. He fatally shot two men and wounded another who were pursuing him. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Mr. Rittenhouse will stand trial for the shootings of three men -- two of whom died -- in the aftermath of demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis. Kyle Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old from [...]

Legal experts said the term ''victim'' could appear prejudicial during self-defense cases. Mr. Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two, during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wis. A judge's decision [...]

For years, some of the victims of John Wayne Gacy had gone unidentified. DNA and expanding genealogical databases allowed officials to identify a victim this month. CHICAGO -- Authorities in [...]

Mohamed Noor's manslaughter conviction stands, and he will be resentenced on that count in the death of Justine Ruszczyk. Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who in 2017 killed [...]

More than half of mass shootings in recent years involve a perpetrator who killed an intimate partner or family member, including the gunman who killed six people in Colorado Springs. [...]

Anthony Alvarez, 22, died after a police officer shot him following a chase. A video showed he was running away, holding a gun. CHICAGO -- City officials in Chicago released [...]

People across the country reacted with a variety of emotions to the news of the former officer's conviction on all charges in the killing of George Floyd. MINNEAPOLIS -- Outside [...]

Chicagoans reacted with grief to the shooting of Adam Toledo, a seventh grader. Some recalled Laquan McDonald, another teen killed by the police. CHICAGO -- Another killing by a police [...]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for calm before the body camera footage was made public. The victim, Adam Toledo, was one of the youngest people killed by the police in Illinois [...]

Kimberly A. Potter, who resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was arrested on Wednesday. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old [...]

Kimberly A. Potter was a 26-year veteran of the force in a Minneapolis suburb and president of a police union. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- Officer Kimberly A. Potter was in [...]

Hours after body camera video of the killing was released, protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police station despite a new curfew for much of the Twin Cities region. BROOKLYN [...]