Authorities made more than 160 arrests in Louisiana's capital during a long hot weekend of protests over killings by police, with only one reported injury among the ranks when an officer was hit by a projectile.
In the days following her 18-year-old daughter's first arrest on heroin charges, Stephanie Moyer took solace thinking the nearby jail in central Pennsylvania would be a safe place for her to stay until she could get her into a treatment program.
A man jailed for murder in the burning death of a Mississippi woman is accused in a new capital murder indictment of torturing a woman in Louisiana before eventually killing her.
More officers have been put on patrol in the Caja del Rio area near Santa Fe after the reported killing of a burrowing owl, a federal land management official said.
The Dallas police chief says the suspect in the deadly attack on officers taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them and at one point asking how many officers he had shot.
Two campers from Alabama have been arrested in connection with a wildfire that has destroyed three homes and three buildings north of Nederland in Boulder County.
A former lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve was arrested Friday after officials said they learned he collected military paychecks while locked up in Kansas’ Fort Leavenworth prison for assault.
In the wake of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities were criticized for what some called heavy-handed tactics against demonstrators, many departments took a more restrained approach.
The Navy revised the medal count of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, removing two valor awards from the murdered ex-SEAL’s total, including one of his two Silver Stars.
At least 48 people were arrested in Louisiana Sunday after an unplanned peaceful protest against last week’s police killing of a 37-year-old Alton Sterling ended up with some tense moments.
Hundreds of protesters angry over police killings of black people occupied a key bridge over the Mississippi River Sunday night, blocking an interstate highway for hours before officers moved them off.