Cities that have been saddled with high murder rates in the past are still witnessing a spike in those numbers this year

More information has come to light regarding the suspect in the deadly stabbing of Morgan Freeman's step-granddaughter E'Dena Hines.

In a month that saw the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and the 1965 Watts Riots, police officers in Virginia and Georgia have been charged in the deaths of civilians — one of whom was unarmed and another who was handcuffed when he died. Fairfax County police officer Adam D. Torres was charged with second-degree murder in the […]

Branden and Brian Bell, the brothers accused of involvement in the January 2013 death of Georgia teenager Kendrick Johnson, are speaking out for the first time since the 17-year-old’s body was found rolled up in a gym mat. In an investigative report by WSB-TV Atlanta, the brothers, who are also sons of FBI agent Rick Bell, denied […]

The man who fatally stabbed E'Dena Hines, the step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman, has been charged with murder.

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Child Protective Services previously sought to remove six children from a Texas home where they were killed by their mother's ex-boyfriend.

Hours after a Hamilton County judge set bond at $1 million on Thursday for the University of Cincinnati police officer indicted in the death of an unarmed motorist, Ray Tensing posted bond and was released from the jail, Cincinnati reports. Tensing’s father posted $100,085 — 10 percent of the hefty bail. The now formerUCPD officer was […]

Curtis and Catherine Jones were 12 and 13 years old when they confessed to the brutal murder of their father’s girlfriend in 1999. Now the siblings, who spent their formative years behind bars, will be released to a world far different from what they once knew. Curtis and Catherine lived with their father in Brevard County, […]

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On Tuesday, U.S. Marshals arrested a 12-year-old Nebraska boy who was wanted in connection with a shooting that left a 31-year-old man dead. Jarrell Milton, pictured above, disappeared after the June 29 incident. He was found almost 400 miles away from the Omaha park where Jamymell Ray was killed during what was supposed to be […]

South Carolina Solicitor Scarlett Wilson on Tuesday announced that a grand jury indicted Dylann Roof on nine counts of murder for the Charleston Mother Emanuel AME church shooting, NBC reports. Roof, who reportedly told friends that he intended to start a race war by targeting the historical Black church, was also charged with one count […]

The Georgia woman who terminated her five-month-long pregnancy by taking an abortion pill she purchased online had the murder charges against her dropped, The Washington Post reports. Kenlissia Jones bought the drugs from a source in Canada, the site writes. The 23-year-old gave birth while on the way to the hospital, but the baby died […]