US news | The Guardian4h ago
LA county sheriff’s deputy dies after medical emergency during relay race https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/29/la-county-sheriff-deputy-death-relay-race #California #UsNews #WestCoast #LosAngeles #ExtremeHeat #UsPolicing #LasVegas #Nevada #Environment
LA county sheriff’s deputy dies after medical emergency during relay race

Levi Vargas, 30, was competing in Baker to Vegas race through Mojave desert as US south-west faces extreme heat

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Breonna Taylor shooting: charges dismissed against ex-police officers for falsifying warrant https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/breonna-taylor-shooting-officer-warrant-charges-dismissed #BreonnaTaylor #UsCrime #UsNews #UsPolicing #Louisville #Kentucky
Breonna Taylor shooting: charges dismissed against ex-police officers for falsifying warrant

Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany were accused of lying on document used to enter Taylor’s house on night of shooting

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Connecticut officer fired after shooting man in mental health crisis as others tried to de-escalate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/officer-fired-fatally-shooting-man-mental-health-crisis #Connecticut #MentalHealth #UsPolicing #UsNews
Connecticut officer fired after shooting man in mental health crisis as others tried to de-escalate

Mayor of Hartford has fired a white police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a mental health crisis nine times

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
California sheriff seizes more ballot materials in defiance of state officials https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/chad-bianco-california-ballots-voter-fraud #California #UsPolicing #WestCoast #UsNews #Republicans #UsVotingRights #UsPolitics
California sheriff seizes more ballot materials in defiance of state officials

Chad Bianco, running for governor, previously confiscated 650,000 ballots for baseless voter fraud investigation

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Reacher star Alan Ritchson acted in self-defense in neighbor fight, Tennessee police say https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/25/reacher-star-alan-ritchson-neighbour-fight-self-defense-ntwnfb #Television #Tennessee #Culture #TelevisionRadio #UsNews #UsPolicing
Reacher star Alan Ritchson acted in self-defense in neighbor fight, Tennessee police say

Investigation concludes actor will not face criminal charges, with Ritchson also declining to pursue a potential charge against his neighbor

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Monday briefing: What a new Guardian podcast reveals about the US justice system https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/first-edition-off-duty-guardian-podcast #UsNews #UsPolicing #UsCrime #Chicago
Monday briefing: What a new Guardian podcast reveals about the US justice system

In today’s newsletter: Off Duty revisits the conviction of Alexander Villa, raising troubling questions about how it was built

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World news | The GuardianMar 21
Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest video is released despite his attempt to block it https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/mar/21/justin-timberlake-dwi-arrest-video-released #JustinTimberlake #UsJusticeSystem #NewYork #UsPolicing #UsNews #Culture #UsCrime #Music
Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest video is released despite his attempt to block it

Footage shows US musician struggling with field sobriety tests he calls ‘really hard’ before his 2024 arrest in New York

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World news | The GuardianMar 20
Los Angeles man blinded by officer’s projectile at anti-ICE protest, claim says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/los-angeles-ice-protest-eye-lapd #LosAngeles #UsPolicing #UsNews #WorldNews
Los Angeles man blinded by officer’s projectile at anti-ICE protest, claim says

Jesus Javier Gomez Islas, 23, says in filing against LAPD he has permanently lost vision in one eye due to unjustified munition fired at his face

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 19
Why are UFC fighters training the FBI? | Dave Schilling https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/19/ufc-fighters-training-fbi #Fbi #Ufc #Wrestling #UsPolicing #UsNews
Why are UFC fighters training the FBI?

The two-and-a-half centuries of American life have all been building to this, the natural evolution of our culture

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US news | The GuardianMar 19
‘Criminal’ or ‘kids throwing snowballs’? How a viral snow fight provoked Mamdani’s schism with NYPD https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/snowball-fight-mamdani-nypd #NewYork #ZohranMamdani #UsPolicing #Snow #UsCrime #UsNews
‘Criminal’ or ‘kids throwing snowballs’? How a viral snow fight provoked Mamdani’s schism with NYPD

Though two men were arrested for allegedly pelting officers with snow, the mayor waved off the incident

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