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'She died in my arms': Mom watches 14-year-old daughter shot by stray police bullet in fitting room

A 14-year-old aspiring engineer who came to America from Chile after fearing for her safety was killed two days before Christmas in a tragic police shooting. Valentina Orellana-Peralta wasn’t a …

Fri Dec 31, 2021

FBI offers $10K reward after body of Black graduate student found in Illinois River

After more than three months of few answers from local authorities, the FBI is joining a task force in offering up to $10,000 “for substantial information” leading to a new witness or …

Tue Dec 14, 2021

$30 million federal lawsuit filed after cops opened fire on Andrew Brown Jr., killing him

Attorneys representing the family of a Black man fatally shot in the back of the head as he drove away from authorities have launched a federal lawsuit seeking in excess of $30 million in compensatory …

Wed Jul 14, 2021

Family forced to wait to see what happened to Andrew Brown while prosecutor is linked to his killers

Attorneys for Andrew Brown, Jr., a Black man shot and killed in an all-too-common encounter with law enforcement agencies, are demanding that the district attorney in the case recuse himself. …

Tue May 11, 2021