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The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him, according to newly released documents. Here in this image from video released and partially redacted by the city of Memphis, Tenn., Tyre Nichols lies on the ground during a brutal attack by Memphis Police officers, Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis.

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A police officer in the Tyre Nichols case retired with benefits. That's not unusual

Lt. DeWayne Smith served as a supervisor on the now-deactivated SCORPION unit — the specialized police unit responsible for conducting the traffic stop that ultimately lead to Nichols' death.

March 23, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
This image provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss. Cox, who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors in December 2020, was sentenced Thursday, March 9, 2023, to 42 months in prison.

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A man burned a cross in a hate crime. He's now sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Axel Cox said he chose to burn the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, saying he "intended to scare them into moving out of the neighborhood."

March 15, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A young girl's note to the police department asked to test for evidence of Santa.

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Girl asks police to run DNA test on Christmas cookie for evidence of Santa Claus

A young girl wrote to a Rhode Island police department asking them to run a DNA test on a cookie and carrots left for Santa Claus and his reindeer.

January 22, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward
Attorney Harry Daniels speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Woodbine, Ga., calling for the firing and arrests of Camden County sheriff's deputies recorded by security cameras repeatedly punching jail detainee Jarrett Hobbs.

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Attorneys demand arrest of guards in jail detainee's beating

Attorneys for a Georgia jail detainee are demanding the firings and arrests of guards recorded by security cameras repeatedly punching the inmate in his cell. Lawyers and two sisters of Jarrett Hobbs, a 41-year-old Black man from North Carolina, spoke to reporters Wednesday in Camden County near the jail where the beating happened Sept. 3.

November 17, 2022
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Indiana State Police Peru Post Public Information Officer Tony Slocum provides the latest details of the investigation into the murders of teenage girls Liberty German, left, and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Ind., Feb. 22, 2017.

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  • National

Indiana drugstore worker held in 2017 killings of teen girls

Authorities on Monday announced an arrest in the unsolved murders of two teenage girls — a drugstore worker who has been living in the same small Indiana community where their bodies were found.

November 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam gives a news conference in Mexico City, Dec. 7, 2014.

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Judge rules Mexico's ex-attorney general to go to trial in missing students case

Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam told the judge that there could have been "errors," but that no one had been able to present another version of what happened to the students.

August 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A police officer escorts a suspect in the area where Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips disappeared, in Amazonas state, Brazil, June 15, 2022.

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A suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon, police say

Police say they arrested a second suspect identified as a brother of the main suspect in the deaths of an Indigenous expert and British journalist.

June 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest as U.S. Capitol Police officers shoot tear gas during the assault on the Capitol Jan. 6.

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Capitol Police Suspends 6 Officers, Investigates Dozens More After Capitol Riots

The U.S. Capitol Police has suspended six officers with pay for their actions during the Capitol riots on January 6. A further 29 officers are under investigation.

February 19, 2021
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  • H.J. Mai
Amazon has called safety a "top priority" for the company. But NPR has found more than 100 dietary supplements sold on Amazon that appear to be illegally marketed as antiviral treatments.

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  • Investigations

On Amazon, Dubious 'Antiviral' Supplements Proliferate Amid Pandemic

Federal law generally prohibits dietary supplements from claiming to treat specific diseases or viruses. Yet NPR found more than 100 products sold on Amazon that make unsubstantiated antiviral claims.

July 27, 2020
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  • Tom Dreisbach
The Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Spring Bluff, Georgia was the site of a double murder in 1985. New details on the case, thanks in part to reporting done by AJC reporter Joshua Sharpe, led to the GBI reopening the case earlier this month.

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  • News

'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' Reporter Reveals An 'Imperfect Alibi' In Georgia Murder Case

On Mar. 11, 1985, Harold and Thelma Swain were shot in the vestibule of a Baptist church in rural southeast Georgia during evening Bible study....

May 29, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
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The Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia will review all records of potential child abuse in the Catholic church.

Georgia Attorneys Launch Investigation Into Catholic Church Child Abuse

The Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia will review all records of potential child abuse in the Catholic church. In a decision announced Wednesday,...

May 03, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell

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  • News

'Monumental Lies' Wins Peabody For Investigation Into Government Spending On Confederate Memorials

The Peabody Awards announced winners in radio and podcasting this week, among them Type Investigations and Reveal for their "Monumental Lies" episode....

April 26, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
A robot exits a U.S. post office facility as law enforcement officials investigate a report that a suspicious package was found in Atlanta. The FBI said authorities recovered the suspicious package that was addressed to the cable network CNN.

FBI Investigating Suspicious Package Addressed to CNN Atlanta Headquarters

CNN President Jeff Zucker said a suspicious package addressed to CNN in Atlanta was intercepted Monday morning at a post office. FBI spokesperson Kevin...

October 30, 2018
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  • Robert Jimison
Georgia State Prison

State Corrections Ordered To Follow Federal Overtime Laws

Some state corrections employees are getting thousands of dollars in back pay following a federal investigation.

October 03, 2018
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  • Cindy Hill

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