In 1955, Emmett Till was lynched after Carolyn Bryant Donham accused him of whistling at her. She was never charged. She died Tuesday at age 88.
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North Carolina man in custody in connection with shooting of 6-year-old, parents
A man allegedly shot two adults and a child in North Carolina after their basketball rolled into his yard, according to local news outlets.
White people were kept out of prison during COVID. Blacks, Latinos were left behind bars.
Despite historic reductions in U.S. incarcerations amid COVID-19, Black and Latino prison populations “sharply increased,” a new study found.
US charges sons of El Chapo, Sinaloa cartel members in fentanyl trafficking crackdown
The Department of Justice announced charges against more than two dozen members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel in a fentanyl-trafficking investigation.
Thousands participate in national school walkout after Nashville shooting, urge gun control
Thousands of students participated in a national school walkout Wednesday to demand action on gun control following the mass shooting in Nashville.
Sutherland Springs shooting victims reach tentative $145M agreement with DOJ
The victims of the 2017 Sutherland Springs mass shooting have reached a “tentative settlement” with the Justice Department, attorneys said.
Brandon Johnson elected mayor of Chicago in close victory for progressives
Voters in Chicago chose former teacher Brandon Johnson to replace Lori Lightfoot to lead the nation’s third-largest city.
Parents charged in Oxford, Highland Park mass shootings. That’s unusual, experts say.
Parents are charged in the mass shootings at a Michigan high school and Illinois Fourth of July parade, raising questions about accountability.
Student shot 2 faculty members at Denver high school, police say; body found in search for suspect
A male student shot two faculty members at a Denver high school early Wednesday, police and school officials said.
Road rage shootings are increasing. There were more than 500 last year, report finds.
In 2022, someone was fatally shot or injured in a road rage incident on average every 16 hours, according to a new report Monday.