Officials uncovered 24 more unmarked graves in Oaklawn Cemetery as the search for unidentified victims of the 1921 Tusla Race Massacre continues.
Author: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY
No federal charges for 2 former South Carolina jail deputies in death of Jamal Sutherland, DOJ says
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Ex-Minneapolis officer pleads guilty, other waives right to jury trial in George Floyd’s death
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Two dead after small plane crashes at car dealership near Marietta, Ohio
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Thomas Lane, former Minneapolis police officer, sentenced to 3 years in killing of George Floyd
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Chicago police officer charged after kneeling on 14-year-old boy’s back in arrest video
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American tourist dies at Bahamas Sandals resort after testing positive for COVID-19
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