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Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says 10/23/2023 08:43pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Growing gang violence in Haiti is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high, the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nations said Monday. Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council that every day sees gangs engagin Off-duty St. Louis officer accused of shooting at trick-or-treating event no longer employed 10/23/2023 07:07pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — An off-duty St. Louis County officer accused of displaying his badge and firing into the air at a trick-or-treating event no longer is employed at the agency, a police spokesperson confirmed Monday. Matthew McCulloch was no longer working at the department as of Thursday, St. Lou 8 officers involved in Jayland Walker's shooting death are back on active duty, officials say 10/23/2023 07:00pm • AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The eight Ohio police officers who fired scores of shots that killed Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, after a car and foot chase last year are back on active duty, officials said. Akron Capt. Michael Miller, in a statement, cited a state investigation and an Ohio grand j Georgia man charged with murder after his girlfriend's dead body is found in a suitcase 10/23/2023 06:33pm • THOMASTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been charged with murder after police said he killed his girlfriend, stuffed her body in a suitcase and stashed it in the closet of the apartment they shared. Freddrick Durham of Thomaston was being held without bail in the Upson County jail. Durham appeared Ex-officer sentenced after assaulting man during unrest in Minneapolis after murder of George Floyd 10/23/2023 06:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced Monday to 15 days in the county workhouse, with eligibility for electronic home monitoring, after pleading guilty to assaulting a Black man during the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by another officer in 2020. Ju Man living in woods convicted of murder in shooting deaths of retired New Hampshire couple 10/23/2023 06:13pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire was convicted of murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk. After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the Apr 5th suspect arrested in 2022 ambush shooting outside high school after football scrimmage 10/23/2023 06:13pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrest of the fifth and final suspect wanted in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage last year. U.S. marshals in Philadelphia said 17 'Extremely disturbing': Prince George's Co. looking for driver in fatal hit-and-run who went 2 miles with man's body lodged in windshield 10/23/2023 05:59pm • Prince George's County police are asking for the public's help finding a driver they say hit a man in Lanham, Maryland, over the weekend who kept driving for 2 miles with the man's body "lodged" in the car's windshield. Police are also asking auto body shops to be on the lookout for any vehicles Autopsies confirm 5 died of chemical exposure in tanker crash 10/23/2023 05:58pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsies have confirmed that five people who died when a chemical tanker overturned in central Illinois last month died from exposure to caustic anhydrous ammonia fumes, an official said Monday. The official results confirmed preliminary findings from the Sept. 29 crash, How a service dog in training is supporting Leesburg police 10/23/2023 05:53pm • The Leesburg Police Department in Virginia had long toyed with the idea of a wellness program involving a dog for officers, so when Officer Kristine Rzewnicki came across the nonprofit Thin Line Service Dogs over the summer, she was sold. Rzewnicki filled out an application to become a volunteer Detroit police say they've identified several people of interest in synagogue president's killing 10/23/2023 05:00pm • DETROIT (AP) — Investigators have identified several people of interest in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader but no one who can be publicly declared a prime suspect, police said Monday, two days after the woman's death. Chief James White invited reporters to hear an update on the in Nobody stepped up to make a difference while the star-deficient Rams blew a lead, lost to Steelers 10/23/2023 04:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams' most disappointing loss of the season came with some painful reminders of this team's self-inflicted shortcomings. Los Angeles (3-4) was beaten in crunch time again Sunday, getting outscored 21-8 in the second half of a 24-17 loss to Pittsburgh. The Rams ha DC Mayor Bowser proposes new tough-on-crime legislation 10/23/2023 04:29pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joins District officials Monday in unveiling new policies that focus on violent crime. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) With crime on the rise in staggering numbers in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled new legislation on Monday that she said would give law enforcement additional tool Montana man gets 18 months in federal prison for repeated racist phone calls made to a church 10/23/2023 04:17pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making repeated threatening and racist phone calls to a Billings church for two years after he went there seeking help and received a gift card from a Black employee, prosecutors said. Joshua Leon Hiestand, Judge orders release of man who was accused of plotting IS-inspired truck attacks near Washington 10/23/2023 03:34pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State group-inspired attacks at an airport and at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Washington, D.C., area. Rondell