Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:06:01 -0500

The U.S. Justice Department is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager Emmett Till

Could others be charged, liable in Michigan school shooting?

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:57:31 -0500

A prosecutor continues to criticize the decision to keep a teenager in a Michigan school before a shooting that killed four students last week

Oklahoma judge stays Jan. 6 execution for competency hearing

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:45:46 -0500

A state court judge in Oklahoma has granted a temporary stay of execution for a death row inmate convicted of killing a security guard during a 2004 bank robbery in Tulsa

Appeals court cites bias, overturns cold-case murder verdict

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:09:54 -0500

An appeals court in Washington state has overturned the cold-case murder convictions against a man accused of killing a young Canadian couple in 1987

Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine crisis rooted in older dispute

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:09:16 -0500

The Cold War ended 30 years ago this month, but one unresolved issue — how closely Ukraine can ally with the West — is creating some of the deepest U.S.-Russian tensions in years

Iowa to pay $1.9M to settle religious, speech rights cases

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:03:31 -0500

A state panel has agreed to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role

Man admits to another killing just before execution

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:52:08 -0500

A man who was executed in Mississippi last month for killing his estranged wife admitted to another killing, and that confession may resolve a 2007 cold case

Prosecutor criticizes school over run-up to mass shooting

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:24:32 -0500

"In this case, a lot could have been done different."

Man to face capital murder charge in killing of Texas cop

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:07:12 -0500

Authorities say a 37-year-old man will be charged with capital murder in the killing of a suburban Dallas police officer during a shootout in a supermarket parking lot

Utility sued for $50M over deadly Michigan house explosion

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:43:31 -0500

A $50 million lawsuit has been filed against a utility over an explosion that killed two people and damaged several homes in Flint, Michigan