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U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings said there had been a “concern” that bringing in a whole new legal team would be a problem in keeping the case on

Fort Wayne Community Schools leaders agreed Monday to spend $120,864 on equipment limiting students’ access to their cellphones during the school day.

After a federal judge declared a mistrial, ex-Louisville officer Brett Hankison will be tried again.

Federal prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they intend to retry former Louisville officer Brett Hankison after a jury deadlocked last month over charges he used excessive force the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police in 2020.

Brett Hankison, the former Kentucky detective federally charged in connection with 26-year-old Breonna Taylor’s March 2020 shooting death, faces a new trial after a judge declared a mistrial in his civil rights trial last month.

Federal prosecutors say they want to retry the case "sooner rather than later," though a shake-up in Brett Hankison's counsel may delay the new trial.

There is an update in the Breonna Taylor story this week. Prosecutors are moving to retry former Louisville cop Brett Hankison after a mistrial.

The Biden Department of Justice failed to get a conviction last month in the federal civil rights case against the former Louisville detective who returned fire during a drug raid when shot at by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend. Despite admitting ahead of the Nov. 17 mistrial that it would take "enor...

You thought it was over? Nah. Ex-Louisville officer Brett Hankison, accused of shooting aimlessly into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, is expected to be retried in federal court.

Prosecutors want to retry former cop Brett Hankison over charges he used excessive force the night Breonna Taylor was killed.