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FILE - Fireworks explode over Baltimore's Inner Harbor during the Ports America Chesapeake 4th of July Celebration, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Baltimore. The city of Baltimore is resuming its Independence Day celebrations after a two-year hiatus. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
July 4 Celebrations Marred by Illinois Shooting
  • 4 July 2022
The shooting took place during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park.
July 4 Celebrations Marred by Illinois Shooting
U.S. Attorney Breon Peace speaks to members of the media outside federal court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Federal law enforcement is investigating the New York Police Department’s treatment of sex crime victims after concluding there is “significant justification” to do so and after receiving reports of deficiencies for more than a decade, prosecutors said Thursday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Justice Department to Investigate NYPD Sex Crimes Unit
  • 1 July 2022
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a sweeping inquiry into the New York Police Department's...
Justice Department to Investigate NYPD Sex Crimes Unit
FILE - An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14 year old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955. Local residents Roy Bryant, 24, and J.W. Milam, 35, were accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering Till for allegedly whistling at Bryant's wife. A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant in June 2022 charging a white woman in his kidnapping in 1955, and relatives of the victim want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later. (AP Photo, File)
1955 Warrant in Emmett Till Case Found, Family Seeks Arrest
  • 29 June 2022
A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of...
1955 Warrant in Emmett Till Case Found, Family Seeks Arrest
In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, right, is seated beside her attorney, Christian Everdell, as they watch the prosecutor speak during her sentencing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years for Helping Epstein
  • 28 June 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced...
Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years for Helping Epstein
The accused Josef S. covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A 101-year-old man has been convicted of 3,518 counts of accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. The Neuruppin Regional Court sentenced him to five years in prison on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michele Tantussi)
Germany: Former Nazi Guard, 101, Jailed for Aiding Murder
  • 28 June 2022
A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to...
Germany: Former Nazi Guard, 101, Jailed for Aiding Murder
People react as they lay flowers at the scene of a shooting in central Oslo, Norway, Saturday, June 25, 2022. A gunman opened fire in Oslo’s night-life district early Saturday, killing two people and leaving more than 20 wounded in what Norwegian security service called an "Islamist terror act" during the capital’s annual Pride festival. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Gunman Kills 2 During Oslo Pride Festival; Terror Suspected
  • 25 June 2022
The Norwegian security service called it an "Islamist terror act" during the capital’s annual LGBTQ...
Gunman Kills 2 During Oslo Pride Festival; Terror Suspected
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly holds a photo of Diane Cusick during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Mineola, N.Y. More than 50 years after a woman was found dead in her car at a mall on Long Island, authorities prosecutors are expected to announce that DNA evidence has linked the slaying to Richard Cottingham, a serial killer who has been connected to 11 murders in New York and New Jersey between 1965 and 1980. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Decades Later, ‘Torso Killer’ Charged in Killing at NY Mall
  • 22 June 2022
More than five decades after Diane Cusick’s lifeless body was discovered in the parking lot...
Decades Later, ‘Torso Killer’ Charged in Killing at NY Mall
FILE - Law enforcement, and other first responders, gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday, June 21 pronouncing the police response an “abject failure.”(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)
Texas Top Cop: Uvalde Police Could Have Ended Rampage Early on
  • 21 June 2022
The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response an “abject failure”...
Texas Top Cop: Uvalde Police Could Have Ended Rampage Early on
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1 Dead, 2 Wounded in Alabama Church Shooting; Suspect Held
  • 16 June 2022
The shooting occurred at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills,...
1 Dead, 2 Wounded in Alabama Church Shooting; Suspect Held
FILE - U.S. Marshalls escort John Hinckley Jr. as he returns to a marine base via helicopter in Quantico, Va., Aug. 8, 1981. Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight Wednesday, June 15, 2022 officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
John Hinckley Jr. Freed from Court Oversight After Decades
  • 16 June 2022
John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from...
John Hinckley Jr. Freed from Court Oversight After Decades
Donald Trump Jan. 6 Capitol Riots Insurrection hearing
What We Know About Trump’s Actions As Insurrection Unfolded
  • 9 June 2022
Much is already known about where Trump was, what he said, and how he reacted....
What We Know About Trump’s Actions As Insurrection Unfolded
uvalde school shooting texas report
Report: Police Knew of Injured at Texas School While Waiting
  • 9 June 2022
Sixty officers had assembled on the scene by the time four officers made entry, according...
Report: Police Knew of Injured at Texas School While Waiting
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