Frederic Genest / EyeEm/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Memphis City Council passed new police reform policies two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, who died several days after a traffic stop with Memphis police that turned violent. Body camera footage captured officers striking and beating Nichols repeatedly. His […]
Los Angeles Police Department (LOS ANGELES) — A man has surrendered to police after he allegedly fatally stabbed a 17-year-old at random while he was waiting to be picked up by his mother outside a restaurant in Southern California. The same suspect may be responsible for a separate stabbing that […]
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday confirmed it has launched a review into the Memphis Police Department’s use-of-force and de-escalation policies, along with a separate review of specialized police units deployed in cities across the country following the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died […]
Carnival Cruises (NEW YORK) — The FBI is investigating a “suspicious death” of a female passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship while it was en route to the Bahamas. The incident occurred on Carnival’s Sunshine during its Feb. 27 voyage from the United States to Nassau, Bahamas, when medical staff […]
Big Bend National Park / National Park Service (NEW YORK) — A 64-year-old woman collapsed and died while hiking on an exposed and rugged desert trail in Texas, officials say. The incident occurred at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Monday when Big Bend National Park’s Communications Center received a call requesting […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) — Four people have died after two planes crashed over Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, Florida, on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified Faith Irene Baker, 24, a pilot and flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation; Zachary Jean Mace, […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 7, Toronto 2 Detroit 16, St. Louis 3 Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 3 Chi White Sox 5, Milwaukee 2 LA Angels 5, San Diego 4 Chi Cubs 9, Texas 6 Oakland […]
Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — About 20 more hours of police video and audio in the Tyre Nichols case will be released Wednesday afternoon, according to City of Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Sink. The release comes after a seventh officer who was involved in the […]
Massachusetts State Police (CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.) — An airline passenger accused of attempting to open a plane emergency exit door and then swinging at a flight attendant with a broken spoon allegedly tried to attack two guards Tuesday at the jail where he is being held, law enforcement sources told ABC […]
Henry County Chamber of Commerce/Facebook (LOCUST GROVE, Ga.) — Family and friends are mourning the shocking death of a Georgia bookstore owner whose body was found floating in a creek over the weekend. Erica Atkins, 40, the owner of Birdsong Books, was found dead hours after she was reported missing […]
