CHARLOTTE — A court awarded custody of 6-year-old Dominique Moody to her aunt, Tonya McKnight, in 2021, but the decision ended tragically with a report of severe abuse leading to her death. Moody was ...

CHARLOTTE — For the first time since the gruesome details about Dominique Moody’s death, we are hearing from those who adored her. “She was always, always, always happy,” said Myocha Moody, the 6-year ...

Baltimore lawmakers will hold a hearing to probe issues with the city’s aging emergency communications system, City Council President Zeke Cohen said Monday, months after an in-custody death during a ...

In response to questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis in October about how Missouri prison deaths are tracked and recorded, the research team at the Missouri Department of Corrections ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — After Grand Rapids police say 78-year-old James Barcus was found dead just about a day after they he walked away from the Michigan Veterans Homes, State Rep. Gina Johnsen, a ...

Thousands of Americans in parts of California have been advised to stay inside due to "unhealthy" air conditions. Air quality is currently in the "unhealthy" Air Quality Index (AQI) category around ...

One year after a deadly sinkhole swallowed a woman searching for her cat near Marguerite Road, fear remains palpable for residents in a small Unity neighborhood. They worry abandoned coal mines ...

I was ignorant of columnist John Archibald’s subject in his Sunday, Nov. 23, tribute to deceased singer-songwriter Todd Snider (“The barefoot philosopher who made sense of my life is gone”). The few ...

Backpacks meant for children in Maryland's foster care system are filled with a blanket, a stuffed animal, a book, toiletries, pajamas, and either a journal or a coloring book. (Hannah Natanson/The ...

After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the U.S., there has been a sharp reversal. If all the scheduled executions are carried out, that would make 2025 the year with the ...