Adrian Sainz, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Family and neighbors look through debris on Ed Whestine's farm southwest of Wellman, Iowa on Saturday. Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed multiple people.

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Broad swaths of US reel from tornadoes that killed 29

by Adrian Sainz Associated Press, and Andrew DeMillo Associated PressApril 2, 2023

WYNNE, Ark. — Residents across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Sunday raced to assess the destruction wreaked by storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes and killed at least 29 people in small towns and big cities, as severe weather…

The five former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the death of Tyre Nichols appear with their attorneys at an indictment hearing in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday.

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5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols

by Adrian Sainz Associated PressFebruary 17, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris sits with RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells during the funeral service for Wells' son, Tyre Nichols, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP, Pool)

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Impassioned calls for police reform at Nichols’ funeral

by Aaron Morrison Associated Press, and Adrian Sainz Associated PressFebruary 1, 2023

Candlelight illuminates a photo of Tyre Nichols during a vigil for him late Monday at Regency Community Skate Park in Natomas, Calif.

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VP Harris will attend Nichols’ funeral

by Adrian Sainz Associated Press, and Aaron Morrison Associated PressJanuary 31, 2023

Members of the Memphis Police Department work a crime scene in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Police video of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in Memphis, Tenn. is hard to watch. The images are a glaring reminder of repeated failures of efforts to prevent such flashpoints of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Nichols case spurs calls for change in police culture

by Aaron Morrison Associated Press, Claudia Lauer Associated Press, and Adrian Sainz Associated PressJanuary 29, 2023

The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols on the ground as medics arrive during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (City of Memphis via AP)

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Memphis: Tyre Nichols video shows fatal beating by police

by Adrian Sainz Associated PressJanuary 27, 2023

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy answers questions during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, after five fired Memphis Police Officers were charged in the murder of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)

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5 Memphis cops charged with murder in motorist’s death

by Adrian Sainz Associated Press, and Rebecca Reynolds Associated PressJanuary 26, 2023

An attendant holds programs as fans enter Graceland for a memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. She died Jan. 12 after being hospitalized for a medical emergency and was buried on the property next to her son Benjamin Keough, and near her father Elvis Presley and his two parents. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Mourners bid farewell to Presley

by Adrian Sainz Associated PressJanuary 22, 2023

Marcus Cash, 28, speaks during an interview outside a home where his close friend and business partner, Dewayne Tunstall, was fatally shot, in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, at least three witnesses saw Ezekiel Kelly fatally shoot Tunstall in the head, according to a police affidavit. It said Kelly pulled Tunstall to the side, then during their conversation drew a handgun and fired several shots. “What did he do to deserve that?” Cash...

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Hunt for shooting suspect shut down much of Memphis

by Adrian Sainz Associated PressSeptember 8, 2022

Cleotha Abston appears in Judge Louis Montesi courtroom for his arraignment on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. Abston has been charged with kidnapping and murdering jogger Eliza Fletcher. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)

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Memphis police ID body of abducted jogger

by Adrian Sainz Associated PressSeptember 6, 2022