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In this May 23, 2020 image from Louisiana State Police body camera video, Troopers Jacob Brown (left), George Harper (center) and others restrain motorist Antonio Harris after a high-speed chase in Franklin Parish, La.

National

3 Louisiana state troopers are charged in the beating of a Black motorist

3:58pm May 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The battery charges in the 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris come amid mounting scrutiny of the state's top law enforcement agency over allegations of excessive force — particularly against Black people.

Inmates condemned to die are spending more time on death row than years before. In this handout photo provided by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, San Quentin's lethal injection facility is shown.

U.S. inmates condemned to die are spending more time on death row

3:55pm May 12, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Research shows the average time between sentencing and execution has increased by two-thirds in the past 20 years.

Cherish Morgan, whose daughter attends Desert Oasis High School, says students and staff don't feel safe as a result of the increased violence and learning is suffering.

Las Vegas struggles with rising violence in schools

12:08pm May 12, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

The nation's fifth largest school district has seen a jump in violent incidents since returning from 15 months of virtual-only classes.

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A tentative settlement is reached in a Surfside condo collapse lawsuit

10:11am May 12, 2022

by Verónica Zaragovia

Survivors and families of the 98 victims of the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse have reached a $997 million settlement. The payout was announced in a court hearing and still needs final approval.

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Delaware State University students enter the Dover campus.

National

Delaware AG asks for federal civil rights review after HBCU team stopped by police

6:31am May 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The team's bus was headed northbound on Interstate 95 in Liberty County, Ga., on April 20 after playing games in Georgia and Florida.

News brief: NATO expansion, White House abortion battle, Las Vegas school violence

5:54am May 12, 2022

Finland's president wants his country to join NATO. The White House faces pressure to protect abortion rights after a Senate bill failed. Schools in Las Vegas experience a sharp rise in violence.

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Supporters and family members of Patrick Lyoya, 26, participate in a rally in front of the Michigan state capital building to call on the Grand Rapids police department to name, arrest and prosecute the officer that shot Lyoya. Lyoya, an immigrant from th

National

Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

5:00am May 12, 2022

by Kylie Ambu

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.

A section of rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building on July 4, 2021 in Surfside, Fla.

National

A nearly $1 billion settlement is reached in a Surfside condo collapse lawsuit

8:36pm May 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

A tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida.

A gun store in Arcadia, Calif., on March 15, 2020. A federal appeals court has ruled that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional.

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California's under-21 gun sales ban is unconstitutional, court says

8:20pm May 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

A panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday the law violates the right to bear arms.

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, right, hugs Crystal Mason after she introduced him to speak during a primary election gathering in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 1.

Politics & Government

Texas court orders that illegal voting conviction against Crystal Mason be reviewed

6:25pm May 11, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

At the time Mason voted in 2016, she was on supervised release from prison after serving time on federal tax evasion charges. She received a five-year sentence for illegal voting.