Homicide

U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases

Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for fir...

Oct 26, 2015 10:17 PM EDT

Baltimore offers $6.4 million to settle Freddie Gray case

Baltimore has reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, a black m...

Sep 08, 2015 09:36 PM EDT

Baltimore judge: Charges against police in Gray case can go forward

A judge on Wednesday rejected defense motions to drop charges against six Baltimore police officers ...

Sep 02, 2015 09:01 PM EDT

Italy arrests North African traffickers over migrant ship deaths

Italy arrested five North African men on Friday on suspicion of multiple homicide and human traffick...

Aug 08, 2015 07:39 AM EDT

Baltimore police commissioner fired after riot, killings

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts was fired on Wednesday following criticism of his handli...

Jul 08, 2015 07:13 PM EDT

Baltimore lifts curfew imposed after unrest, relieving many

The mayor of Baltimore on Sunday lifted a night curfew imposed on the city last week to stem a spate...

May 03, 2015 06:12 PM EDT

Six Baltimore officers charged in death of Gray, one with murder

Baltimore's chief prosecutor charged one police officer with murder on Friday and five others with l...

May 01, 2015 06:10 PM EDT

Tunisian accused in migrant boat disaster appears in Italian court

The presumed captain of a migrant boat that sank off Libya with the loss of more than 700 lives appe...

Apr 24, 2015 05:56 AM EDT

Prosecutors blame captain for causing deaths in migrant shipwreck

Prosecutors blamed the Tunisian captain of a fishing boat for causing the deaths of hundreds of migr...

Apr 21, 2015 10:11 AM EDT

Durst charged with murder, movie confession likely admissible

New York real estate scion and accused murderer Robert Durst's bathroom muttering that he "killed th...

Mar 17, 2015 08:45 AM EDT

California father of missing children, slain wife arrested after standoff

A Los Angeles-area man sought in the disappearance of his family was arrested on Thursday after a st...

Dec 12, 2014 02:02 AM EST

Attorney says actor Tracy Morgan struggling after crash: report

An attorney for comedian Tracy Morgan said on Tuesday he was struggling to return "to the way he was...

Nov 20, 2014 12:26 AM EST

South Korea court sentences captain of doomed ferry to 36 years

The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing 304 passengers was jailed for 36 ...

Nov 11, 2014 03:19 AM EST

Pistorius 'can't get away with this', Steenkamp's cousin tells court

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius needs to go to jail for the killing of his 29-year...

Oct 16, 2014 09:58 AM EDT

Pistorius cleared of murder, culpable homicide verdict to come

Oscar Pistorius was cleared on Thursday of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but the Olympic and ...

Sep 11, 2014 08:52 PM EDT

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