Walker Family (AKRON, Ohio) — Protesters are gathering Wednesday to demand a federal investigation into the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot after a car and foot chase by police on June 27, 2022. “We really want the nation to know that we’re going to […]
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LAS VEGAS) — A housekeeper at a Las Vegas resort is accused of stealing more than $700,000 worth of jewelry from a hotel room, police said. Las Vegas police responded to the Vdara Hotel & Spa on the strip on May 7 regarding an alleged theft. […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (ALLEN, Texas) — The suspect accused of shooting and killing eight people at a mall in Allen, Texas, earlier this month “fixated on mass shootings and held views consistent with racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist … ideologies,” according to a new bulletin released Wednesday by the Department […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Three years ago this week, George Floyd died while in police custody in Minneapolis after Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was the lead prosecutor in the case against Chauvin, who was convicted of murder […]
Ben Crump Law via WSB (MACON, Ga.) — Family members of Brianna Grier, the Georgia woman who died last year after falling out of a moving police vehicle, said they are filing a lawsuit against the officers involved in the incident. The complaint, which was obtained by ABC News, names Lt. […]
Georg Wendt/picture alliance via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her sultry voice and a string of platinum hits, has died at age 83. The news was confirmed on Turner’s official Facebook page. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The strongest tropical cyclone to impact Guam in decades is bringing “life-threatening” conditions to the U.S. island territory. Typhoon Mawar’s eyewall “clipped” the northern portion of Guam early Thursday local time, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The storm is bringing “destructive winds, […]
Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — A grand jury has indicted convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, on federal fraud charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Murdaugh, 54, is currently serving life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and their youngest son. […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rapper Fetty Wap was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that blanketed parts of Long Island and New Jersey in cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack. Prosecutors said the 31-year-old hip-hop star, whose real name is […]
Rob Carr/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — After news broke that Amanda Gorman’s historic poem “The Hill We Climb” was moved to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school, the poet slammed efforts to restrict or censor books in schools. “I’m gutted,” she said in a statement posted to […]
