Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges in the torture of two Black men in January 2023.
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‘A hidden epidemic’: Gun suicides reached an all-time high in the US in 2022
Gun suicides reached an all-time high in 2022, and the gun suicide rate among Black teens surpassed that of white teens for the first time on record.
She did 28 years for murder. Now this wrongfully convicted woman is going after corrupt Chicago police
A woman who spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder she did not commit filed a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department.
America’s red-hot summer: How people are coping with extreme heat waves across the country
About 80 million people in the U.S., nearly a quarter of the population, may encounter extreme heat this week.
Thousands join walk in Highland Park, year after Fourth of July parade mass shooting
Thousands gathered in Highland Park for a remembrance ceremony and community walk Tuesday, one year after the shooting at a Fourth of July parade.
Gun violence statistics at historic highs ahead of Fourth of July holiday
This July 4th, the United States is seeing an acceleration of mass shootings, gunfire on school grounds, armed robberies, carjackings and road rage.
Titanic submersible live updates: ‘Catastrophic implosion’ killed all five aboard
“The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” the Coast Guard said. Families have been notified.
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: Search expands ‘exponentially’; more sounds heard
The search for a missing Titanic tourist submersible is now in an area roughly two times the size of Connecticut and 2.5 miles deep, officials say.
The US passed a landmark gun deal one year ago. Is it working?
Gun violence activists and elected officials are gathering to mark a year since Congress passed the most significant gun safety deal in three decades.
One dead, several hospitalized after boat capsizes touring Lockport caves in New York
All 29 people on board the Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride tour in New York were flung into water 5-6 feet, officials said.