A growing number of school districts outside New York City are adopting armed security amid the nationwide threat of school shootings and other violence.
Michael Bruyette, a Florida man previously convicted of murder in Massachusetts, is running for city council in Palm Bay. He wants to give more resources to police.
A UPS employee allegedly killed his coworker, who was also his childhood friend, last week while the victim was making deliveries in Southern California.
The U.S. Justice Department said a Texas petrochemical company has agreed to pay more than $30 million over two explosions in 2019 that injured workers and forced thousands to evacuate.
Mississippi woman Misty Burgess pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally taking unemployment benefits in 2020 using the information of her sister, who was incarcerated at the time.
The search for the gunman who killed 18 people in Maine's deadliest mass shooting last October included intoxicated deputies and others who showed up to the scene in civilian clothes.
A woman was arrested after allegedly stealing a car during a test drive at a Honda dealership and led law enforcement on a wild, high-speed chase, authorities said.
Storms spun up tornados in Iowa that caused an unknown number of injuries and extensive damage, including the taking down of several 250-foot wind turbines.
Los Angeles County has voted to move back a day honoring actress Jane Fonda after the previously proposed date of April 30 ignited backlash from Vietnamese Americans and state lawmakers.
Wisconsin environmental regulators said a manure spill at a dairy farm has resulted in a mile-long fish kill in Monroe County; drinking water should not be affected.
Expelled University of Arizona graduate student Murad Dervish, 48, was convicted Tuesday of the fatal 2022 shooting hydrology professor Thomas Meixner.
Newly-filed court documents are revealing new gruesome details surrounding the investigation into the murders of two Kansas women who went missing after a trip to Oklahoma.
A parole opportunity for former Los Angeles Police Detective Stephanie Lazarus was delayed this week. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen 26 years prior.
A Detroit police lieutenant has been placed on administrative duties after bodycam footage showed him engaging in a shouting match with an anti-Israel demonstrator.
An unnamed 34-year-old woman living inside the Family Fare sign in Midland, Michigan, told police it had a reputation as an "old safe spot" within her family.
A surprise encounter with two grizzly bears in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park sent a Massachusetts man to the hospital; he is expected to make a full recovery.
Turks and Caicos police arrested Tyler Wenrich on April 20 after airport security they found two stray bullets in his luggage before his flight home. He pleaded guilty on Monday.
52-year-old Missouri inmate Christopher Dunn, who has maintained his innocence in the first-degree murder he was convicted of, will have his claim heard in court this week.