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This photo shows the car that South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was driving on Sept. 12, 2020 when he struck and killed a pedestrian. Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price said Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, that Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto a highway shoulder where he struck and killed 55-year-old Joe Boever.

South Dakota AG removed from post after hitting and killing a pedestrian

State Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached and removed from office by South Dakota lawmakers for crimes and wrongdoings before and after fatally hitting Joe Boever on a highway shoulder.

In this May 1, 2021, photo, Ailani Alvarez, 2, the daughter of Anthony Alvarez, who was shot by the police, holds a sign reading "I miss my daddy" during a protest in Chicago.

Chicago police will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot

The new policy gives the department permanent rules about when officers can and can't engage in an activity that can endanger themselves, those they're chasing and bystanders.

Halyna Hutchins at the SAGindie Sundance Filmmakers Reception in January 2019.

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot by a prop gun, was a rising star

Celebrated as a rising star by colleagues and collaborators, Hutchins grew up on a military base, and had a taste for filming herself doing extreme sports.

Houston Fire Department paramedics prepare to transport a COVID-19 positive woman to a hospital on September 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The area continues to see large number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

What to know about your risk of a serious or fatal breakthrough COVID infection

With high-profile stories of vaccinated people dying from COVID, how worried should you be about getting a serious breakthrough case? Here's how the data shake out.

Images of British journalist Dom Phillips (left) and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira are seen on a sign presented by employees of Brazil's national Indigenous agency, FUNAI, during a vigil in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 9.

Opinion: A violent tragedy foretold in the Amazon

Two of the Amazon rainforest's staunchest advocates, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, are believed to have been killed in one of its remotest corners.

Church members console each other after a shooting at the Saint Stevens Episcopal Church on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Vestavia, Ala.

An attendee helped save lives in an Alabama church shooting

Police said church members were spared further violence Thursday evening when someone at the dinner subdued the gunman and held him until police arrived.

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.

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.

"We must approach this crisis with a sense of urgency that prioritizes saving lives as our North Star," said Dr. Rahul Gupta, head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). He spoke Wednesday before a Senate oversight committee.

White House pushes strategy to slow overdoses as street drugs grow more deadly

The Biden administration says it has a plan to curb fatal overdoses by 13% by 2025. But as more synthetic opioids reach the U.S., there's skepticism interdiction can slow the flow of deadly drugs.

Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández receives a warm welcome at the National Congress of Oil Palm Growers in Bucaramanga, Colombia, on June 3.

After Colombia's election surprise, a populist TikTok star poses stiff competition

A 77-year-old populist who campaigns over TikTok and promises budget cuts and jail for corrupt officials is now neck and neck with his leftist opponent ahead of Sunday's runoff election.

Mary Rich, shown with her husband, Joel, at their home in Omaha, Neb., says self-promoters they trusted to help solve the killing of their son took advantage of them. "You're a total sucker," Mary Rich says. "I think every day: Who's going to bug us? What's coming at us? I will always think that."

Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online. His parents are fed up

Seth Rich's killing brought incalculable loss to Joel and Mary Rich. Baseless conspiracy theories on Fox News made it even worse. They're speaking out for the first time since settling with Fox.

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