Lawyer: Officer reaches plea deal in Black man's 2018 death

An attorney says a white Nashville police officer will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday just ahead of his first-degree murder trial, three years after he fatally shot an armed Black man from behind during a foot chase

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2 public workers shot repairing sewer main in South Carolina

Authorities say two public workers repairing a sewer main in South Carolina have been shot by a man who also fired on a deputy

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Rescuers trying to free worker trapped in DC home collapse

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a building under construction that has collapsed in the nation’s capital

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Judge orders release of Wisconsin woman in Slender Man case

A Wisconsin judge says a woman convicted of stabbing her classmate to please the Slender Man character in 2014 can be released from a mental health facility

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Coast Guard: 'Large' oil leak during Georgia ship demolition

The Coast Guard says a large amount of oil has escaped a barrier after it was released while crews were dismantling an overturned cargo ship along the Georgia coast

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Judge orders release of Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing classmate to please Slender Man

Judge orders release of Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing classmate to please Slender Man

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'She wasn't a nobody': Infant exhumed 30 years after death

The body of an infant found in the Pascagoula River in Jackson County more than 30 years ago was exhumed this week

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As US companies scramble to hire, workers enjoy upper hand

With the economy growing rapidly as it reopens from the pandemic, many employers are becoming desperate to hire

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Man who infected 46 patients with hepatitis C denied release

A former traveling medical technician who stole drugs and infected more than 40 patients with hepatitis C will remain in prison after a New Hampshire judge called his request for compassionate release “the least meritorious” he’d ever seen

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Judge: Iowa jail must let murder suspect meet with lawyers

A judge says staff at an Iowa jail must allow a man charged with killing a state trooper to meet privately with his lawyers

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Suspect in Arkansas cop's death faced theft, drug charges

Authorities say a woman accused of running over and killing a police officer in Arkansas was facing multiple low-level theft and drug cases at the time and had a record of now showing up in court

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Judge appoints new special prosecutor in Tisaby case

A St. Louis judge will allow the special prosecutor to withdraw from the perjury and evidence tampering case against a former FBI agent who was hired by St. Louis’ top prosecutor to investigate former Gov. Eric Greitens

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Videos released from women's prison show alleged assaults

New Jersey’s attorney general has released video footage stemming from what he’s called an attack on inmates at the state’s only women’s prison in January

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