Civil rights attorney Ben Crump applauded Friday the Memphis police chief and county prosecutors for quickly taking action against the five former officers accused of murdering Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. “We…
The Memphis police chief has disbanded the city’s so-called Scorpion unit after some of its officers beat to death Tyre Nichols. (Jan. 28)
Dozens of protesters angry about the beating death of Tyre Nichols by Memphis, Tennessee, police officers marched through the city’s downtown (Jan. 28)(AP video: Mike Householder)
The Memphis Police Department on Saturday announced it will “permanently deactivate” its SCORPION unit after officers in the unit were fired and face charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, according to a…
Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills defensive back who went into cardiac arrest during a “Monday Night Football” game on Jan. 2 and narrowly avoided death thanks to a swift medical…
One of the family’s principal demands was to shut down the Scorpion unit. Anthony Romanucci, one of the family’s lawyers, assailed the unit and others like it that police departments…
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops mounted a fierce assault on Ukrainian forces on Saturday in an effort to dislodge them from critical positions in eastern Ukraine, with Moscow seeking to…
In a coda to the wrongful-conviction podcast “Bone Valley,” Judge Scott Cupp says he’ll step down to spring a man serving a life sentence for murder.
The high-speed train service under the English Channel is leaving many seats unfilled, rather than risk delays caused by more rigorous passport checks for Britons.
An exceptionally cold January has brought the region misery and snarled travel. Experts blame the same arctic system that hit the United States last month.