LawMar 20, 2026Federal prosecutors ask judge to dismiss charges against two officers tied to Breonna Taylor warrantFederal prosecutors in Louisville asked a judge to dismiss charges against two former Louisville Metro Police officers, former Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt...Breonna TaylorLaw EnforcementWrongful Death+1
LawJun 11, 2026Mother Sues OpenAI After Daughter's SuicideKristie Carrier filed a wrongful-death and product-liability lawsuit in California against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging design choices in ChatGPT led to her 2...ChatGPTOpenAISam Altman+1
Crime & LawJun 4, 2026Karen Read files 87-page lawsuit alleging bias and misconduct by Canton Police and Massachusetts State Police in John O'Keefe investigationKaren Read filed an 87-page lawsuit Thursday in Bristol Superior Court against the Town of Canton and the Massachusetts State Police, alleging mishandling of the inv...Karen ReadMassachusetts State PoliceCanton Police Department+1
CrimeDec 12, 2025Family of slain Chicago officer sues city, says department ignored warnings about dangerous partnerThe family of Krystal Rivera, a Chicago police officer fatally shot by her partner Carlos Baker during a pursuit, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Chic...Wrongful DeathChicagoPolice
Crime & LawJun 26, 2026Austin Agrees Settlement in 1991 Yogurt MurdersThe city of Austin agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement after four men who had been wrongfully accused in the Dec. 6, 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders were exon...Wrongful DeathMaurice PierceAustin yogurt shop murders (1991)
Law EnforcementJun 19, 20261-Year-Old Killed in Senatobia Police ShootingSenatobia police responded to a reported shoplifting at a Walmart and encountered two women and a child leaving the store. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle; th...Kohen WileySenatobia, MississippiWrongful Death
Crime & LawJun 5, 2026Karen Read Acquitted in Boston Officer's DeathKaren Read, who was tried twice in connection with the January 2022 death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe, told NBC's Today show she has received public suppor...Karen ReadJohn O'KeefeWrongful Death
Crime & LawMay 29, 2026DNA Links Suspect; Exonerations in Yogurt Shop MurdersOn Dec. 6, 1991, four teenage girls — Eliza Thomas (17), Jennifer Harbison (17), Sarah Harbison (15) and Amy Ayers (13) — were gagged, tied with clothing, shot, and ...Austin Yogurt Shop murders (1991)Wrongful DeathGenetic genealogy and DNA cold-case testing
PoliticsJan 27, 2026Families of killed men file first U.S. federal lawsuit over drug boat strikesRelatives of two Trinidadian men, Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike off the coast of Venezuela, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...TrumpWrongful DeathVenezuela+2
Crime & LawJun 27, 2026Michigan Parents Charged in Death of 7-Year-OldOn Nov. 4, 2025, paramedics responded to a home in Flint Township, Michigan, where a 7-year-old boy, identified as Casper O’Brien, was found in respiratory distress;...Child AbuseWrongful Death
Crime & LawJul 21, 2026Developer Charged After Deadly Tesla CrashA Silicon Valley developer has been criminally accused after a Tesla vehicle allegedly reached 142 mph and then slammed into stopped traffic in San Jose, California....TeslaWrongful DeathSan Jose, California
ImmigrationJun 29, 2026Father Links Daughter's Death to Sanctuary PoliciesJoe Abraham, father of 20-year-old Katie Abraham, wrote an opinion piece after his daughter was killed on January 19, 2025, in Urbana, Illinois, when an intoxicated ...Sanctuary policiesKatie AbrahamWrongful Death