Judge: Florida school shooting trial will begin in January

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge insists the trial will begin in late January for Florida school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said at a hearing Wednesday that she won’t delay the trial expected to start Jan. 27 with jury selection. “This is... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

October 24, 2019

Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser to investigate Baltimore police

A former federal prosecutor who represented one of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers has been picked to lead an independent review of a corruption-plagued unit of the Baltimore Police Department, the department’s chief announced Wednesday. Michael Bromwich will have “full autonomy” to conduct the review of the department’s Gun Trace Task Force “without... Read More

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Michael Bromwich

October 23, 2019

As trial nears, hearing set in Florida school shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — As his death penalty trial draws closer, a hearing is set for Florida school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people. The hearing Wednesday likely concerns the setting of timelines leading up to the planned January trial of the 21-year-old Cruz. It also could involve... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

October 22, 2019

Man charged in church shooting accused of assaulting lawyer

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man charged with shooting a New Hampshire church pastor and bride during a wedding has been accused of assaulting his attorney during a jailhouse meeting. Thirty-seven-year-old Dale Holloway, of Manchester, was expected to be in court for a bail hearing Tuesday. But it was postponed until he gets a new... Read More

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Dale Holloway

October 18, 2019

Oversight board fires police officer for fatally shooting 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight board on Thursday fired an officer who fatally shot two people — a teenager he said threatened him with a bat and a woman standing nearby. The Chicago Police Board fired officer Robert Rialmo nearly four years after the deaths of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and bystander, 55-year-old Bettie Jones,... Read More

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Robert Rialmo

October 18, 2019

Defense lawyers want trial in 4 killings pushed to 2021

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for a Salvadoran immigrant charged with four northern Nevada homicides want to postpone his trial to determine whether he has an intellectual disability that makes him ineligible for the death penalty if convicted. Public defenders for Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, 20, have filed a motion for a continuance in the trial... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

October 17, 2019

Fort Worth faith leaders want judge to enforce police reform

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Community and faith leaders on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to open a civil rights investigation into the Fort Worth Police Department in the wake of a white officer’s fatal shooting of a black woman in her home, saying the goal should be a police reform plan enforced by... Read More

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October 16, 2019

Not guilty plea from man accused in church wedding shooting

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A man accused of storming into a New Hampshire church over the weekend and shooting a clergyman and a bride during a wedding pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Dale Holloway, 37, of Manchester, is accused of attempted murder, assault and other charges in connection with the Saturday shooting at the New England... Read More

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Dale Holloway

October 16, 2019

Fort Worth chief: ‘absolutely no excuse’ for woman’s killing

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The furor Tuesday over the killing of a black woman by a white Fort Worth officer became increasingly about a gun pointed at a bedroom window. But the police chief and activists said the focus was on the wrong gun. Officer Aaron Dean was arrested on a murder charge Monday... Read More

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Aaron Dean

October 15, 2019

Police: Chicago man who killed 5 wrote threatening notes

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who gunned down five of his neighbors over the weekend had had angry run-ins with his fellow tenants and left threatening notes on the inside of his door suggesting he was planning an act of violence, authorities said Monday. Investigators haven’t determined the exact reason why 66-year-old Krysztof Marek... Read More

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Krysztof Marek

October 15, 2019

Officer who shot naked man found not guilty of murder

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, naked man was found not guilty of murder Monday but was convicted of aggravated assault and other charges that could send him to prison for more than 30 years. Robert “Chip” Olsen’s face turned red and he squeezed his eyes shut... Read More

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Robert “Chip” Olsen

October 15, 2019

Cases in which police officers were charged in shootings

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer who fatally shot a black woman while she was inside her home was arrested Monday and charged with murder. Here’s a look at that and other high-profile cases in recent years in which officers were charged in the fatal shootings of black people:... Read More

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October 15, 2019

The Latest: $200,000 bond set for ex-cop charged with murder

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a black woman inside her own home in Fort Worth (all times local): 8:25 p.m. A $200,000 bond has been set for a white former police officer jailed in the fatal shooting of a black woman inside the woman’s Fort Worth home.... Read More

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Aaron Dean

October 14, 2019

Man sentenced to death for Texas attack that killed 6

HOUSTON (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was driven by vengeance when he fatally shot six members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas, including four children, was sentenced Friday to death, a decision the lone survivor of the attack says will help her let go of “hurt and anger.” Jurors sentenced Ronald Lee Haskell... Read More

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Ronald Lee Haskell

Judge: Florida school shooting trial will begin in January

Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser to investigate Baltimore police

As trial nears, hearing set in Florida school shooting case

Man charged in church shooting accused of assaulting lawyer

Oversight board fires police officer for fatally shooting 2

Defense lawyers want trial in 4 killings pushed to 2021

Fort Worth faith leaders want judge to enforce police reform

Not guilty plea from man accused in church wedding shooting

Fort Worth chief: ‘absolutely no excuse’ for woman’s killing

Police: Chicago man who killed 5 wrote threatening notes

Officer who shot naked man found not guilty of murder

Cases in which police officers were charged in shootings

The Latest: $200,000 bond set for ex-cop charged with murder

Man sentenced to death for Texas attack that killed 6

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