Officials are investigating the cause of the crash outside a shelter for migrants in Brownsville, Texas, that killed eight people and injured 10.
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Ex-officer Tou Thao convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter in George Floyd’s killing
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NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘state takeover’ of Jackson’s policing and courts
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Kim Potter, ex-Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, released from prison
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City council in California to audit Antioch Police Department after racist texts spark protests
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A teen fell asleep in the driver’s seat of a car. Police fatally shot him seconds after he awoke, video shows.
Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Park Police officers found Dalaneo Martin asleep in a car police believed to be stolen, officials said.