Monterrious Harris, inside his East Memphis, Tenn., home, says he was beaten by the same police unit days before Tyre Nichols was killed in January 2023. “It was like three or four guys. They were all wearing black masks. I remember two of them had big assault rifles.” Debbie Elliott/NPR
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Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. AP hide caption toggle caption AP This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. AP NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ethiopian government said Tuesday it will investigate a report by a human rights group of killings of
Police are searching storage units tied to the Gilgo Beach killings suspect
A crime laboratory officer moves a cat scratching post as law enforcement searches the home of Rex Heuermann on Saturday. Jeenah Moon/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeenah Moon/AP A crime laboratory officer moves a cat scratching post as law enforcement searches the home of Rex Heuermann on Saturday. Jeenah Moon/AP
Suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach serial killings repeatedly searched updates in probe
People watch Friday in in Massapequa Park, N.Y., as law enforcement officials investigate the home of a suspect arrested in the unsolved Gilgo Beach killings. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images People watch Friday in in Massapequa Park, N.Y., as law enforcement officials investigate
Cedric Killings, NFL player who suffered broken vertebra on kickoff in 2007, dead at 45
Cedric Killings, a former Houston Texans’ player whose NFL career was cut short when he suffered a fractured vertebra on a kick return in 2007, died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, Carson-Newman University announced last week. He was 45. Killings played at Carson-Newman before he signed with the San
Super Bowl champion's brother sentenced in killings of two women
Marcus Randle El, a former University of Wisconsin football player who played for the Badgers from 2004 to 2007, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the 2020 murders of two women. Randle El could be eligible to seek early release even with that sentence. Rock County Judge Barbara
More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killings reach a record high
Saint Columba Catholic Church in Oakland, Calif., commemorates every murder in the city with wooden crosses in its front garden. The city’s homicide rate remains stubbornly high while its murder clearance rate remains well under the already low national average. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption toggle caption Eric Westervelt/NPR Saint Columba
Why New Mexico has one of the top rates for killings by police
Police work outside of a home in Albuquerque, N.M., on Feb. 23. Critics say problems with training are attributed to higher levels of police killings in New Mexico. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Police work outside of a home in Albuquerque, N.M., on Feb. 23.
University of Idaho Murders: 28-Year-Old Suspect Bryan Kohberger Arrested 1 Month After Killings
Police have arrested a suspect in the quadruple murder of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, according to arrest paperwork filed by Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County Court. 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger was taken into custody at 3 a.m. on Friday, December
4 more slayings are tied to the suspect in the Stockton serial killings
Wesley Brownlee stands with public defender Allison Nobert during his arraignment in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Oct. 18. Brownlee has been charged this week in four additional slayings. Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File hide caption toggle caption Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File Wesley Brownlee