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The family of Dexter Wade is calling for justice after he was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson Police Department car in March and later buried in a potter's field. The family of Dexter Wade is calling for justice after the 37-year-old man was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson, Mississippi Police Department cruiser in March and later buried in a potter's field without his family knowing. "My son -- I never thought in a million years that he would leave me," Wade's mother, Bettersten Wade Robinson, said in a tearful press conference Monday in Jackson. "He was my oldest son and I wouldn't have never thought this'd happened to him." Wade Robinson reported her son missing on March 14, nine days after she had last heard from him on March 5. She didn't learn until August 24 -- more than five months after his death – that Dexter Wade had been struck and killed by an off-duty Jackson police officer the night of March 5, as he was walk...

People are digging through the rubble from the quake in western Afghanistan ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan -- People dug through the rubble of the quake in western Afghanistan for their few possessions but the material losses seemed unimportant. Saturday’s 6.3 magnitude quake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. Picking through the rubble on Monday, Asadullah Khan paused to think about a future marred by grief. Khan lost three daughters, his mother and his sister-in-law. Five members of his uncle’s family have died. His neighbors are grief -stricken, too. “We have lost 23 people in this village,” Khan said. Mounds of rubble flank the road winding through Zinda Jan district. Some door frames remain standing. There were few people in sight on Monday. The Taliban-appointed deputy prime minister for economic affairs, Abdul Ghani Baradar, and his team visited the quake-affected region Monday to deliver “immediate relief assistance” and ensure “eq...

The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship say a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo caused the fire NEWARK, N.J. -- The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship said Friday a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo onto the ship caused the fire. Relatives of Newark firefighters Captains Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. held a news conference outside the firehouse where the two had worked, saying litigation to be filed in the coming months will seek to hold accountable the Italian shipping company that owned the ship, as well as two stevedore companies involved in loading the vessel. The families already have filed notice of intent to sue the city of Newark, alleging the city did not adequately train firefighters to battle onboard ship fires. The two died battling a fire that broke out July 5 when the Grande Costa d’Avorio caught fi...

Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his home early Monday, according to local officials. Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his home early Monday, according to local officials. Police responded to his home at about 1:30 a.m. and found Kruger shot seven times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Kruger, who lived in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood, was currently working as a freelance reporter, but was previously employed by the Philadelphia City Paper and Philadelphia Weekly. He had recent freelance bylines in the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Citizen. There have been no arrests in the shooting, police said. No weapon has been recovered. Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was killed in a shooting in his home in Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 2023. Josh Kruger/Faceb...

As two teenagers face murder charges in an alleged intentional hit-and-run, the victim's family is reeling from the "cold and callous" way he died. As two teenagers face murder charges in an alleged intentional hit-and-run that killed a retired police chief who was biking in Las Vegas, the victim's family is reeling from the "cold and callous " way he died. Andreas "Andy" Probst, 64, a former police chief for Bell, California, died after a vehicle slammed into him while riding in a designated bike lane last month, authorities said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill called it a "senseless murder," with the two suspects accused of intentionally striking Probst and then leaving him for dead. Andy Probst is shown in this undated file photo. LinkedIn "We are beside ourselves with the tragic loss of my husband and our children's father," the Probst family said in a statement to ABC News on Tuesday. "There are no wor...

The family of Ajike Owens, 35, and their attorney held a news conference on Monday demanding an arrest be made for her shooting death. The family of Ajike Owens, 35, and their attorney Anthony D. Thomas held a news conference on Monday demanding an arrest be made for the shooting death of Owens, a Florida mother of four. The Owens family is also being represented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Owens was shot and killed last Friday in Ocala, Florida on the doorstep of the suspect's home, after she went to the suspect's residence to question the unidentified woman about an alleged dispute with Owens' children, according to police reports. “She knocked on [name redacted because not confirmed]’s door, a closed, locked door,” Pamela Dias, Owens' mother, said at the news conference. “Door never opened. My daughter, grandchildren’s mother was shot and killed with her nine-year-old son standing next to her.” Ajike Owens, 35, was fatally shot by neighbor in Florida after...

Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was killed in a car crash, hours after he was sworn in for his third term on Wednesday, state officials said. Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was killed in a car crash after he was struck by a wrong -way driver, hours after he was sworn in for his third term on Wednesday, officials said. Williams, known as "Q," was 39 years old. The Democrat had served the residents of his hometown of Middletown in the Connecticut State House since 2019. He was recently appointed to serve as co-chair of the legislature's labor committee. State Rep. Quentin Williams, D-Middletown, applauds during Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's state of the state address, Jan. 4, 2023, in Hartford, Conn. Brian O'connor/AP, FILE Williams was driving on Route 9 in Cromwell early Thursday when a driver Travel ing the wrong way in the lane struck him head-on shortly before 1 a.m., Connecticut State Police said. His car became fully engulfed in flames an...