A man allegedly shot two adults and a child in North Carolina after their basketball rolled into his yard, according to local news outlets.
Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
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.
Head of Chicago police recommends firing for officer who fatally shot Adam Toledo, 13
Chicago’s police superintendent signed off on disciplinary charges recommending the firing of the officer who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo.
100 days into 2023, Louisville attack marks nation’s 146th mass shooting and 15th mass killing
The shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday marks the 15th mass killing and 146th mass shooting in the U.S. just 100 days into 2023.
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.
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.
‘Crisis of thefts’: 23 attorneys general demand Kia, Hyundai take action
Nearly two dozen attorneys general penned a letter to Kia and Hyundai urging the carmakers to take action against the “crisis of thefts” in the U.S.