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The director of the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, Kermit Channell, is set to retire after dedicating 16 years to the position. His retirement is scheduled for the end of August.

Natural gas reportedly leaked from a defective fitting at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, Pennsylvania, which was rocked by a deadly explosion in late March.

Tarron Conwell, 19, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder for firing at police officers pursuing him in Muncie, Indiana.

The man suspected of killing four of the six victims in a recent string of Portland area murders had a history of trouble with the law and was released from prison early.

A New Hampshire allegedly beat a man to death in a Walmart parking lot last week and has pleaded not guilty.

The Alaska Department of Corrections rescinded an interim policy that effectively banned the Roman Catholic Mass in state prison facilities by forbidding the use of alcoholic wine.

A cyclist who helped rescue a group of dehyrdated hikers in a rugged and remote area near Carrizo Gorge in Jacumba over the weekend has died.

A petition was set up in Atlanta, Georgia, to force a referendum to stop the construction of a police training center. City attorneys said the petition was futile.

The liberal United Church of Christ (UCC) recently passed a resolution condemning pro-life legislation and urging the denomination to financially support women getting abortions.

Authorities in New Mexico reportedly are responding to a fire that broke out after a plane crashed into a home in the city of Santa Fe.

A 33-year-old man was fatally shot by Florida police after allegedly stabbing the mother of his three children and engaging in a shootout with law enforcement during a short pursuit.

A suspected robber shot four people over the weekend at an apartment in Hartford. A 17-year-old girl who was shot is the second person to die from their injuries following the shooting,

The FBI and New York State Police were in South Carolina following up on leads in the infamous Gilgo Beach murders, a cold case that involves at least 10 victims.

San Diego County Sheriff's Office deputies said a 1-year-old girl is dead after a toddler, who was the girl's sibling, accidentally fired a firearm, striking her in the head.

A woman in Massachusetts was “extremely frightened" after she was driving her car and found a man hiding under a coat in the back seat, the Yarmouth Police Department says.

Artifacts of a prehistoric site in Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana, have been recovered by archaeologists to prevent looters and natural disasters from further damaging the items.

The federal appeals court was asked to block an upcoming execution for an Alabama inmate on death row. The inmate cited that the state has a history of problematic lethal injections.

Carlee Russell's mother said investigators are hunting for her daughter's "abductor," but Alabama police have yet to confirm a search for a suspect.

Massachusetts police are searching for suspects who allegedly carried out an armed home invasion at a multimillion-dollar Brookline home in the dead of night.

Three teens were shot in New York City's Times Square Monday night after an argument ended in gunfire, according to the New York Police Department.