A jury reached a guilty verdict on Thursday, Nov. 16. See full coverage on CBS News. When up-and-coming pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson was killed, it rocked the cycling world. Known as “Mo,” the 25-year-old had started racking up wins in a new, rapidly growing area of the sport called …
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MINNEAPOLIS — WCCO is getting a first look at a new unit formed as part of a historic state settlement over police reforms. The team will carry out requirements agreed upon with the state’s human rights department, which earlier uncovered a years-long pattern of racial discrimination in the Minneapolis Police …
Read More »Car rams into 4 fans outside White Sox ballpark in Chicago
Four people were hurt, two critically, when a car plowed into them Tuesday evening outside Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago as they were heading into the ballpark to watch the team take on the Texas Rangers, CBS Chicago’s Andrew Ramos reports. Four suspects in the car were caught nearby when …
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A mother drowned one of her daughters in their South Carolina home and was trying to kill another child when the oldest daughter was awakened by screams and managed to save her sister, authorities said. Jamie Bradley Brun, 37, was charged with murder and attempted murder after the attack early …
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A man seen on video putting another man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway train was released on bail Friday after turning himself in to face criminal charges. Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, was charged with second degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Thursday. …
Read More »Death penalty still possible for Jason Jones, man charged in 4 Nebraska killings, judge rules
A Nebraska judge has rejected a challenge to the death penalty in the case of a man charged in the killings of four people last summer in a small town in the northeastern corner of the state. Judge Bryan Meismer said in a ruling late last week that the lawyers …
Read More »Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men, the AP reports
Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found. Two of the men …
Read More »Video shows Virginia man pointing laser at police helicopter during a pursuit: “A very bad idea”
A man in northern Virginia was arrested last week in connection with an apparent laser strike that targeted a local police helicopter during a pursuit, authorities said. The suspect, an unnamed 25-year-old man, had been released on bond when the Fairfax County Police Department detailed the incident in a post …
Read More »Polygamous kidnapping suspect Heber Jeffs captured in North Dakota; 10
The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs has been captured and is jailed in North Dakota on kidnapping charges, a sheriff said Monday. The 10-year-old girl he is accused of running off with was found safe, her father told a TV station. Heber Jeffs was arrested by federal …
Read More »Oregon torture suspect Benjamin Obadiah Foster using dating apps to help evade capture, police say
Salem, Ore. — A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police or to find new victims, authorities say. Benjamin Obadiah …
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