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A Texas sheriff who appeared on the hit A&E show "Live PD" has been charged with destroying or concealing evidence related to the death of 40-year-old Javier Ambler when he was in the custody of the Williamson County Sheriff's Department last year.Local NBC affiliate KXAN reported that Sheriff Robert Chody was arrested Monday and indicted on one…

Omaha, Nebraska — A White business owner charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a Black man during protests in Nebraska has died by suicide days after his indictment, his attorney said Sunday. Jacob Gardner, of Omaha, Nebraska, was found dead Sunday outside a medical clinic in Hillsboro, Oregon, the Hillsboro Police Department said in a…

The Illinois teenager accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding another in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has raised alarm about the specter of armed vigilante groups seeking to confront rioters in the name of protecting U.S. cities beset by protest mayhem. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, faces murder charges after turning himself in to authorities in Antioch, Illinois.…

Video released Friday shows one of the ex-Minneapolis Police Department officers charged in George Floyd's death telling investigators his job was to watch the "hostile" crowd — not the deadly arrest.The one-hour, 40-minute voluntary interview of former MPD officer Tou Thao was recorded eight days after the May 25 death of Floyd. As the Star…

A Portland, Ore., man was charged in a criminal complaint Friday with allegedly throwing an explosive device at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse.Authorities say security cameras caught 18-year-old Gabriel Agard-Berryhill throwing an “incendiary object” into the entrance of the building near midnight on July 28, causing an explosion inside the downtown courthouse.“No legitimate protest message is…