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Two of the three deputies disciplined in the shooting of Andrew Brown, Jr. have returned to work and the third intends to resign, the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release on Friday. Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on April 21 by Pasquotank County deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina,

Almost five decades later, police have arrested and charged a man in the death of an Illinois teen whose body was found in a field stabbed multiple times. Barry Lee Whelpley, 76, of Mounds View, Minnesota, was arrested on June 2 for the 1972 killing of Julie Ann Hanson, a 15-year-old resident of Naperville, Illinois,

Click here for updates on this story     DENVER (KCNC) — Four years ago, Sen. Faith Winter was at the center of a sexual harassment case that gripped the Colorado State Capitol. Now, she’s using her experience to help other women like her. Winter is sponsoring a bill that would make it easier for workers to

Four people were arrested and seven suitcases with more than 170 pounds of marijuana was seized after it arrived in Atlanta on a flight from Seattle last week, according to Atlanta police. On May 26, an Atlanta Police Department K-9 dog alerted authorities to five suitcases that were unloaded from the flight and on their

The American Legion Department of Ohio has suspended the charter of a post in the city of Hudson after a Memorial Day incident in which the keynote speaker’s microphone was turned off during part of his speech that touched on Black people’s historic role in creating the national holiday, the state organization said in a

Cincinnati Public Schools is on the verge of settling a wrongful death lawsuit with the parents of Gabriel Taye, attorneys for both parties said in a joint press release Friday. Gabriel was 8 years old in 2017 when he hanged himself with a necktie in his Cincinnati home. His family subsequently filed a federal lawsuit

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A bill that would give parents the option to decide what they want to do with their child’s remains after a miscarriage or abortion passed the Pennsylvania House Health Committee in Harrisburg last week. The bill is called the Unborn Child Dignity Act and

Click here for updates on this story     BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Kids in Bensalem collecting sticks for a fort found what they thought at first was a turtle shell. It turned out to be a human skull. Twenty-six years after this discovery, detectives hope information about shirts found with this woman’s body, along with a

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Three men who spent two decades in prison had their convictions dismissed in a Queens court Friday after new evidence was uncovered. Cheers erupted as George Bell, Gary Johnson and Rohan Bolt walked out of criminal court free men with their names cleared, CBS2’s

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Some residents say new windows installed at their Harlem high-rise are creating a health hazard, welcoming pigeons and mosquitos into their homes. Several say their pets have even fallen out of the windows and died, CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported Thursday. A beautiful view of

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police in Naperville, Illinois have arrested a Minnesota man in connection with the 1972 stabbing death of 15-year-old Julie Ann Hanson. Barry Lee Whelpley, a 76-year-old man from Mounds View, was arrested in Minnesota on Wednesday. He awaits extradition to Will County, Illinois, where he