N.Y. woman wrote about police killings before officer killed her

In searing, eloquent essay on living with schizophrenia, Deborah Danner agonized over deaths of mentally ill people like her at hands of police

• Oct 20, 2016

Mom's confession details how she allegedly smothered sons

A judge will rule on whether to exclude Brittany Pilkington's confession in a potential death penalty case

• Oct 20, 2016

Atty who says he shot wife by accident had prior gun case

Claud McIver, who says he accidentially shot and killed his wife while the two rode in a car in September, was indicted in 1990 for allegedly shooting into a car of teenagers

• Oct 20, 2016

Feds give new details on secret-stealing case against ex-NSA worker

Former National Security Agency contractor Harold T. Martin III accused of stealing top secret government information

• Oct 20, 2016

Tot found abandoned after abduction report, Amber Alert

The child's mother said he was taken from her home early Thursday by a man who left a cryptic note

• Oct 20, 2016

Woman arrested in Kansas teen's 1989 cold case slaying

Investigators said in May they had zeroed in on a female suspect and described the possible motive as a romantic rivalry

• Oct 20, 2016

Wis. cop who shot black man charged in unrelated sex case

Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown fatally shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith in August, sparking several nights of unrest on Milwaukee's north side

• Oct 20, 2016

Court hands down verdict for cop accused of saying "Heil Hitler"

Police officer accused of contravening anti-Nazi laws by saying "Heil Hitler" while on duty at border with Hungary

• Oct 20, 2016

Former juror: State has "no evidence" in Etan Patz case

The lone holdout juror for a not-guilty verdict in the first trial of the man accused of killing the 6-year-old in 1979 was among several prior jurors present for the first day of the retrial

• Oct 20, 2016

4th man charged in death of sprinter Tyson Gay's daughter

Trinity Gay, 15, was fatally shot as gunmen in two vehicles exchanged fire in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday

• Oct 20, 2016

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