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Cleared of murder, a man received a longer sentence than he might have for manslaughter due to law changes in reaction to assaults involving alcohol.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration will be sending a newly created team of street outreach workers to Chicago neighborhoods during the Memorial Day weekend to help with the city’s violence prevention efforts.

A recent summit coincided with release of the National Urban League’s new report that provides a framework for violence prevention and gun reform.

The idea appeared to die in the Texas House over the weekend, but senators kept it alive by grafting the proposal on to another piece of legislation.

“The community has lost so much trust in the system that not a single person dialed 911,” Anthony Driver said during a forum on community policing hosted by the City Club of Chicago.

Emily Lozano, a senior at George Washington High School on the Southeast Side, claims the teacher had harassed her for weeks before she pulled a gun on her in February.

Colorado authorities have reached a record $19m settlement with the family of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old shot by police when he called 911 for help on a June night last year. Court proceedings continue against two former officers charged in his death. Sheila Flynn reports

Officials say a Kentucky sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop

Thirty members of a “crisis prevention and response unit” are set to help out at large street gatherings to try to help keep the peace.

The 42-year-old also claims that gardaí wiped CCTV from Cabra Garda Station of gardaí allegedly wiping the blade of the knife to remove Mr Finnegan's fingerprints, to leave only Jahiri's fingerprints and Anna's blood remaining.

Trauma from a mass shooting can be exacerbated around the date of the incident.