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LIVE UPDATES: Minnesota police and protesters clash for second night following Daunte Wright fatal shooting
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Authorities fired tear gas, and flash-bang grenades into the crowd. Protesters retaliated by throwing smoke canisters back toward law enforcement, while others launched fireworks at the police lines, according to rep...
Pentagon police officer arrested on murder charges after off-duty fatal shooting
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David Hall Dixon told investigators he thought the victims, Dominique Williams, 32, and James Johnson, 38, were breaking into a car and tried to intervene. In addition to second-degree murder and reckless endangermen...
Austin, Texas, police officer indicted for murder in fatal shooting
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A grand jury has indicted an Austin, Texas, police officer on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of 42-year-old Michael Brent Ramos in last April, Travis County District Attorney José Garza said in a...
California sheriff’s department releases video from fatal shooting
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The Orange County Sheriff's Department released new video Friday of a street stop for jaywalking that led to a shooting by its deputies assigned to a homeless outreach detail last fall. One of the two deputies invo...
Family of Thai immigrant, 84, says fatal attack ‘was driven by hate’
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Vichar Ratanapakdee was well-known in his San Francisco neighborhood for his hour-long walks each morning, a ritual that kept him vibrant and healthy during the year of the pandemic. An 84-year-old immigrant from T...
Fatal shooting of police officer in New Mexico leads to a 40-mile chase and shootout
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The fatal shooting of a New Mexico State Police officer Thursday led to a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with the suspect. State Police said the officer was killed on Interstate 10 near the town of Akela...
Body cam video shows police officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a mental health check
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The chief of police in Killeen, Texas, is defending an officer who shot and killed a Black man during a mental health check earlier this month. Officer Reynaldo Contreras arrived at the home of Patrick Warren on J...
Risky driving and fatal crashes surged in 2020, even with fewer drivers on the road, a new report finds
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many Americans to stay home and stay put. But even though fewer people were driving during the first six months of the pandemic, riskier driving surged, leading to a troubling uptick...
L.A. inquest into a fatal police shooting of 18-year-old backs earlier conclusion that it was homicide
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Following the first inquest in Los Angeles in more than 30 years, the Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office on Friday released its findings, which supported its earlier conclusion that the death of Andres Guardado -- sh...
Minneapolis police were involved in a fatal shooting. The chief said he will release bodycam footage today
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Minneapolis police were involved in a fatal shooting Wednesday evening, according to Chief Medaria Arradondo, who said officers were conducting a traffic stop involving a felony suspect. "Initial witness statements...
CDC warns of a ‘substantial increase’ in fatal drug overdoses coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic
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The US has seen a substantial increase in fatal drug overdoses and set a record for deaths from overdoses in the year that ended in May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The worst of...
Dashcam video provides details of fatal law enforcement shooting of two Florida teens
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Four days after a sheriff's deputy fatally shot two Black teenagers in the coastal Florida city of Cocoa, prompting a state investigation and outrage in a community demanding answers, authorities released a 56-secon...
Atlanta off-duty officer involved in fatal shooting at nightclub, police say
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An off-duty Atlanta police officer was involved in a shooting outside a nightclub that left one man dead and two injured Sunday morning, police say. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. near the entrance of the club ...
Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of actor Eddie Hassell, police say
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The shooting death of actor Eddie Hassell was a "random robbery" that turned fatal, and the suspect has been arrested, according to police in Grand Prairie, Texas. D'Jon Antone, 18, was arrested without incident on ...
Illinois State Police are investigating the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Waukegan
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Tensions between the community and police are high in a Chicago suburb this week after a police officer opened fire into a vehicle that authorities say was reversing as he approached, fatally shooting a Black man in...
Hiker dies at Arethusa Falls, the third fatal accident at New Hampshire state parks reported within a week
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A man died while hiking a trail in a New Hampshire state park Saturday, making for the third hiking/climbing-related fatality within a week, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game department. The unidentified...