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Nguyen Van Thien was beaten to death, authorities now concede in a rare admission.

Sheriff’s detectives announced Monday they have arrested the last of four men wanted in the beating death of a young man whose body was found over the side of...

"Our 7-year-old victim was tortuously beaten and allowed to suffer for several hours before she was taken to the hospital for treatment – but it was too late to save her," State Attorney R.J. Larizza said.

Print article A 33-year-old woman was arrested Friday after the beating death of her 2-year-old daughter in their Bethel home, police said. A family member called for help after receiving an alarming phone call from Stephanie Olrun around 4:30 a.m. Friday, according to an affidavit filed by police in support of a criminal complaint. At Olrun’s home, police found the girl on the floor not breathing, the affidavit said. An officer performed CPR on the child, but she was not revived, accordin...

CROWN POINT — The nephew of a 61-year-old Gary woman found beaten to death more than four years ago said Wednesday he hoped her killer would never forget the pain he caused her family. Calvin Poston, 20, of Gary, pleaded guilty in October to charges linked to the homicide of Carolyn Rimpson, 61, in September 2015 and a separate attack on a "female endangered adult" Nov. 29, 2016, in Gary.   Lake Criminal Court Judge Samuel Cappas sentenced Poston to 40 years in prison for the crim...

that we seek. the question is, how do we reach that goal? and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. ultimately, it is the israelis and the palestinians who must live side by side. >> immediately after that speech, the president met with israeli prime minister benjamin net...

these are all organizations opposed to the death penalty. but what this case different from others in the past as we approach the 11th hour -- there are hundreds of thousands of people. you saw their signatures on those petitions that were delivered. these are people, a lot of these people may not typically be against the death penalty. these are people who are looking at the case thinking that there are doubts here and that an execution needs to be stopped. theres a lot of people push...