National Correspondent; Anchor, "CBS Weekend News" Jericka Duncan is a national correspondent and anchor of the "CBS Weekend News." She's based in New York City. The father of Sonya Massey, who was ...

SPRINGFIELD — A downstate jury found Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy, guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the killing last year of Sonya Massey inside her home near ...

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PEORIA, IL – A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of second-degree murder on Oct. 29 in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman whose killing sparked protests and a ...

A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.

NOTE: Coverage of the second day of deliberations has been moved here. Jurors began deliberating late Tuesday morning in the murder trial for former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, in ...

PEORIA — A white ex-cop charged with murdering an unarmed Black woman in her Springfield-area home last year testified Monday that he fired his gun in self-defense, and that his actions “matched the ...

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The Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had called 911 for help, a ...

SPRINGFIELD — Images of a slight Sonya Massey being fatally shot in the face by an imposing law enforcement officer inside her home in July 2024 shocked much of America. The 36-year-old Black mother ...

Questions are being raised about Sarah Ferguson‘s income amid backlash over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Several charities linked to the Duchess of York moved to cut ties with her on Sept. 22 after ...

The Sonya Massey Act was sponsored by a longtime friend of the Massey family. The bill passed the Illinois House and Illinois Senate with bipartisan support. SPRINGFIELD -- Saying it was "the least ...