Alleged Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof faces federal hate crimes and firearms charges that could lead to the death penalty or life in prison, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday.
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The dashboard video camera of a traffic stop in Texas of a black woman later found hanging dead in her jail cell was not edited but efforts are being made to repost it, Texas officials said on Wednesday.
A day after a shooting in New Jersey that left two children dead and their mother and brother in critical condition, police said on Friday it appeared to be a murder-suicide attempt gone awry.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison Tuesday in connection with the death of his father.
Jason “Blu” Griffith has been found guilty of second-degree murder for choking to death Debbie Flores Narvaez on Dec. 12, 2010, after a year long on-again, off-again tumultuous relationship. The jury reached its verdict Thursday in its second day of deliberations following nine days of testimony and arguments by prosecutors and defense lawyers.
Police are still trying to find out why a 12-year-old boy took a handgun to Sparks Middle School Monday morning, shot two boys, killed math teacher Michael Landsberry and then shot himself to death.
