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Kinsley White, 6, shows reporters her wound on Thursday in Gastonia, N.C.

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The N.C. man accused of shooting a 6-year-old and her parents was arrested in Florida

8:15am April 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Authorities say Robert Singletary turned himself in to the sheriff's office in Tampa on Thursday, two days and some 600 miles away from the shooting. One victim is still in the hospital.

The Newport News Sheriff's Office says Garza and Nemo are back in custody, with escape-related charges pending.

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They escaped from jail using a toothbrush — then were captured at an IHOP

11:08am March 22, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Virginia police say two men used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to tunnel out of a cell wall on Monday. They were arrested 10 miles away the next morning.

A United Airlines jetliner taxis to a runway for take off from Denver International Airport, Dec. 27, 2022.

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A man allegedly stabbed a flight attendant, tampered with the plane on a Boston trip

1:08am March 07, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The suspect was arrested at the Boston Logan International Airport after allegedly tampering with a side door and the emergency slide, and later allegedly lunged at a flight attendant.

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A Maryland mayor has been arrested on more than 50 counts of child pornography

5:27am March 03, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Police were tipped off about a social media account posting child pornography in the county that was tracked back to Wojahn, who has been mayor of the city since 2015.

Demonstrators are seen outside the nation's capital on Friday evening, following the release of footage showing the police killing of Tyre Nichols.

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Protests erupt across the country after the release of the Tyre Nichols footage

10:38pm January 27, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The National Guard is already present in Atlanta. Other protests shut down a major highway in Memphis and Grand Central Station in New York City.

Pastor Michael Jennings of Childersburg, Ala., says he was arrested and charged with a crime while watering his neighbor's flowers.

A Black pastor was watering his neighbor's flowers. Then the police showed up

6:00am August 30, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Attorneys representing Michael Jennings said the release of the body camera video will clear the way for "legal action against the officers and more."

An undated photo provided by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office of Austin Hopp in Fort Collins, Colo.

Former policeman is sentenced to 5 years for the rough arrest of a woman with dementia

7:40am May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.

Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza attends a conference of Russia's leading rights group Memorial in Moscow in October.

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U.S. calls for the immediate release of a vocal Kremlin critic detained in Moscow

2:16pm April 12, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 15 days in jail for disobeying police orders on Tuesday, the day after his arrest. The opposition leader has been speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine.

The cruise liner Crystal Symphony leaves the harbor in Charleston, S.C. , in 2013. A 2022 trip by the ship ended in a lawsuit-fueled detour.

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A luxury cruise ship rerouted to the Bahamas over an arrest warrant for unpaid fuel

1:33pm January 24, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Crystal Symphony was supposed to dock in Miami, but ended up in the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the ship as part of a breach-of-contract lawsuit.

Julia Sherwin, lawyer for the family of Mario Gonzalez, speaks about his death in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday. Members of the Gonzalez family believe police used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him.

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Lawyer Says Police Didn't Need To Arrest Man Who Died After Being Pinned To Ground

12:43pm April 29, 2021

Mario Gonzalez, 26, died in police custody on April 19. Body camera footage showed police pinning him to the ground for several minutes.