Mississippi failed to protect inmates in three prisons from violence because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. “These basic safety failures and the poor living conditions …
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The sisters of a man fatally shot in his home this month by suburban Chicago police filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the officers and their department, alleging wrongful death and other counts. Kyenna McConico and Kennetha Barnes, sisters of …
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Border Patrol agents guarding the southern border continue to apprehend dangerous migrants attempting to cross illegally into the country. U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Chief Jason Owens posted on X Tuesday that in the previous 72 hours, 11 people with violent criminal …
As the trial opened Tuesday for a man accused in the deadly shooting ambush of a Baltimore police officer, the motive in the killing remains shrouded in mystery more than two years later. Officer Keona Holley, who was shot multiple …
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A Texas inmate who has long said he’s innocent and claims that his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence faces execution Wednesday for fatally shooting two people, including his cousin. Ivan Cantu …
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An illegal migrant from Guatemala has been arrested and convicted of assault and battery on a child under the age of 14, the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston announced on Tuesday. Officials said on Feb. 21, ERO Boston arrested …
New details have been released after Virginia authorities arrested a 32-year-old Venezuelan national illegally present in the U.S. for sexual assault of a minor. The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office said that Renzo Mendoza Montes was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 22, …
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An Alabama judge remained hospitalized after he was shot over the weekend, and his son has been taken into custody, authorities said Monday. Montgomery County Judge Johnny Hardwick, the presiding judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit, underwent surgery following Saturday’s …
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Three people have been arrested in the killing of a man on a New York City subway car last week, police said Tuesday. William Alvarez, a 45-year-old Bronx resident, was fatally shot after getting into an argument with one of …
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A man convicted of fatally shooting two teenagers at a Southern California movie theater during a 2021 showing of “The Forever Purge” was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Jimenez Jr., 23, was found …