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No federal criminal civil rights charges will be brought against the Washington, D.C. police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced Thursday.

A 16-year-old was shot and killed early Sunday in the Anacostia section of Southeast D.C.  Kareem Palmer died after he was shot in the 1300 block of Mapleview Place, the Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday afternoon. He lived in Southeast.  Police responded to the area, which is a block from the businesses along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, at...

Family members of Karon Hylton-Brown, including his father, were among nine people arrested Saturday at demonstrations over his fatal encounter with D.C. police. One officer was hurt on the fifth night of protests over Hylton-Brown’s death. Charles Brown was arrested for assault on an officer, a Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman said. Stay with NBC Washington for Brown’s own words on...

A man awaiting sentencing for voluntary manslaughter escaped from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and D.C. police are seeking help finding him.  Bernard Coleman III, 27, escaped on Sunday, police said Monday afternoon. Police say he is 27, 6 feet tall and weighs about 145 pounds. He has a medium complexion, black hair and brown eyes.  St. Elizabeth’s, located in Southeast...

Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of Minneapolis overnight after a large crowd gathered outside of a precinct station to protest the death of George Floyd. Floyd died Monday after an encounter with four police officers.