(FLORIDA) -- Two former south Florida police officers handcuffed a homeless man last month and drove him to an isolated area where they beat him unconscious, prosecutors alleged Thursday.According to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Hialeah city officers Rafael Otano and… Read more2 Florida police officers charged with kidnapping, beating handcuffed homeless man, Jose Ortega Gutierrez

Scott Olson/Getty Images(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Tyre Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop arrest in Memphis, Tennessee.The five Memphis Police Department officers involved in his arrest -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Em… Read moreTyre Nichols live updates: Video of confrontation released

Memphis Police Department(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- The Memphis Police Department unit at the center of Tyre Nichols' death earlier this month has now come under scrutiny from critics over its approach to fighting crime.The SCORPION unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in… Read moreWhat is the SCORPION unit, the Memphis police task force at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death?

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Six months after a man with a loaded AK-47-style rifle was caught outside the Brooklyn, New York, home of a prominent Iranian dissident journalist, federal prosecutors on Friday announced new arrests in what they've called a murder-for-hir… Read moreDOJ charges 3 in 'murder for hire' plot against Iranian journalist

Washington County Virginia Sheriff's Office(ABINGDON, Va.) -- Two inmates, including a convicted murderer, who escaped from a Virginia jail have been apprehended in Tennessee, authorities said, more than 24 hours after announcing a fugitive manhunt.The inmates -- identified by the Washington… Read more2 escaped inmates, including convicted murderer, found after multistate manhunt