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Police officer cleared of murdering Chris Kaba

Plus, Michael Gove joins Adam in the Newscast studio.

Police hunt husband of Harshita Brella, whose body was found in car boot

Northamptonshire Police says it is looking for Pankaj Lamba, who it believes has fled the country.

London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist acquitted of murder

A London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist two years ago has been acquitted of murder

World - ABC News - October 21

30 years after Vegas mom's murder, police find alleged killer

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said DNA testing helped identify Melonie White's alleged killer 30 years after her death.

'I didn’t think there was cause to shoot Chris Kaba' – police watchdog lead defends sending case to CPS

Sal Naseem tells the BBC he wasn't convinced Mr Kaba presented a sufficient danger to justify being shot.

Former Ohio police officer found guilty of murder in Andre Hill shooting

Adam Coy, a white former police officer who killed Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, four years ago in Columbus, Ohio, was found guilty of murder.

Adam Coy, Ohio Police Officer, Found Guilty of Murder in Andre Hill Shooting

An Ohio jury found the officer, Adam Coy, guilty on three charges, including murder and reckless homicide, after he shot Andre Hill, a Black man. The killing led to police reforms.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 4

American nurse killed in Budapest while on vacation, police arrest suspect

The victim, Mackenzie Michalski was reported missing on Nov. 5 after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.

Police in Antigua charge a man with murder in the stabbing death of a politician

Police in Antigua have charged a man with murder in the stabbing death this week of a controversial member of parliament in his seaside home

World - ABC News - November 9

Microchipped dog helps police identify murdered owner's killer

A loyal dog that refused to leave his dead owner's side helped solve the case of her murder by allowing detectives to identify her body, prosecutors said.

Sadness and confusion locally over murder as police hunt husband

Harshita Brella's husband is suspected of her murder, but is thought to have fled the country.

Police-style handcuffs on murder victim made police fear killer was among them

Beloved schoolteacher Mary Catherine Edwards was found murdered wearing police-grade Smith & Wesson handcuffs — sending ripples through the Beaumont, Texas, Police Department.

A London police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been acquitted of murder

World - ABC News - October 21

Delphi murders trial: A volunteer assisting police helped identify the man charged with killing 2 teens

Five years before he was charged with killing two middle school students near an Indiana trail, Richard Allen reached out to authorities about the double murder: He’d been in the area the day the ...

'I thought I was going to die': Former police officer testifies at murder trial

In court on Monday, former police officer Adam Coy described the shooting, and killing, of Andre Hill in 2020.

A Caller Told 911 a Bear Had Chased Him Off a Cliff. The Police Say It Was Murder.

The sheriff in a rural Tennessee county said his office is searching for a man who used a stolen identity to pose as a victim.

World - The New York Times - October 28

Marielle Franco murder: ex-police jailed for decades over crime that shook Brazil

Ronnie Lessa and Élcio de Queiroz sentenced to 78 and 59 years over 2018 murder of prominent Rio city councillor. Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Montana Camper Offered His Killer a Beer Before He Was Murdered, Police Say

DNA from a beer can helped lead the authorities to an arrest in the killing of Dustin Kjersem, whose death was originally reported as a possible bear attack, officials said.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 2

Brazil police eye top crime faction after brazen murder at São Paulo airport

Killing of Antônio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, 38, former First Capital Command member, spawns number of theories. Police investigating a brazen murder at the arrivals area of Brazil’s main airport ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Examining Minneapolis' police reform efforts more than 4 years after George Floyd's murder

In the aftermath of the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, the city has made drastic changes, including shifting funding from its police department into other services and ...

Police investigation takes focus in murder trial for man accused of killing Laken Riley

Jose Ibarra, the man accused in the brutal murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, is back in a Georgia courtroom. CBS News producer Jared Eggleston has the latest on the case.

The Brighton Ax Murder

A young mother is killed in her bed, her toddler unharmed. Unsolved for 40 years, how the unusual crime scene helped close the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. (This is a ...

Police and firefighters attacked with fireworks

Three teenagers are arrested as emergency workers are targeted with fireworks during Bonfire Night.

Man guilty of hammer attack murder of army veteran

Jack Crawley was convicted of the murder of Paul Taylor from Annan, Dumfriesshire, who went missing in October.

Hammer attack murderer jailed for at least 37 years

A judge calls Jack Crawley, who murdered Paul Taylor, a "highly dangerous man".

A Feathered Murder Mystery at 10,000 Feet

Scientists say they have observed one of the highest-altitude acts of bird predation ever recorded.

Science - The New York Times - October 23

'Typical teenage relationship' ended in murder

A two-day sentencing hearing is under way for the killer of 15-year-old Holly Newton.

Two arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

A pensioner is in hospital in a critical condition being treated for serious head injuries, police say.

Breaking down the Delphi murders verdict

An Indiana jury on Monday convicted 52-year-old Richard Allen of murder seven years after two teenage girls vanished during a hike. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee has more on the verdict.

Elle Edwards murder accomplice's early release is a mockery, says her father

Elle Edwards's father, Tim, says releasing Thomas Waring to ease prison overcrowding is a "kick in the teeth".

Oklahoma small town police chief and entire police department resign

The police chief and three officers that make up the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma resigned on Thursday with little explanation.

MP disturbance matter for police, says minister

The MP for Runcorn appeared to be shouting at a man warning him 'he will never threaten an MP again'.

Unconventional relationship holds answers to violent Florida murder

Investigators were puzzled when the beaten body of an unidentified woman was found dumped near a Florida highway. The next day, a bloody motel room was discovered. Were the crime scenes connected?

Freed, after 26 years, for a murder they didn't commit

Bestselling novelist John Grisham has co-authored a new work of non-fiction: "Framed," a collection of stories about people wrongfully convicted of crimes and the fight to exonerate them. Grisham ...

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