"There's no rhyme or reason, so we all feel a little shaken and concerned that we could be the next victim," a local activist says.Whitley believed the sounds were firecrackers, and after peeking out the bedroom window of his home in[...]

Authorities in Richardson, Texas, said Sunday they believe they have found the body of Sherin Mathews, the adopted 3-year-old girl who disappeared in the early hours of Oct. 7. The Richardson Police Department said investigators discovered a body[...]

A Long Island teacher slapped a 1-year-old girl on the back of the head at a daycare on multiple occasions, police said. Long Island woman Jeanine Sammis, 36, was booked Thursday for attempted assault 2nd degree and endangering the welfare of[...]

An Upstate dad thanked police Sunday for rescuing his daughter and another girl from accused Brooklyn pimps as details of their ordeal emerged. The two runaway girls from Ulster County had gone willingly to the East New York home on Wednesday — but[...]

WASHINGTON — The nation's rapidly declining rate of executions has leveled off, but opponents of capital punishment say the death penalty remains on borrowed time. WASHINGTON — The nation's rapidly declining rate of executions has[...]

Girard officer Justin Leo was shot late Saturday night.A 31-year-old police officer in Ohio was fatally shot responding to a domestic dispute during the[...]

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors are urging a Pennsylvania judge to dismiss an appeal by a man serving a life term in a 1980 murder that prosecutors said he was hired to commit by the victim's wife and her lover.Seventy-four-year-old Joseph[...]

Trial begins this week for a former Mesa, Arizona, police officer charged with murder in the 2016 shooting death of an unarmed man at a hotel. Philip Brailsford fatally shot Daniel Shaver of Granbury, Texas, as officers were responding to a call[...]

<p>Residents are starting to worry after three people have been shot to death in less than two weeks in a Tampa neighborhood, according to reports.</p>Residents are starting to worry after three people have been shot to death in less than two[...]

For gangs like MS-13 that thrive on fear, the Trump administration's anti-immigrant drumbeat carries some great potential benefits. “We actually create the conditions for gangs to thrive,” says José Miguel Cruz, a professor at Florida[...]

18 people were arrested in connection to Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas'[...]

The unidentified remains were found Wednesday after police received a tip from Homeland Security officialsROOSEVELT, N.Y. -- Police in New York say they've found human remains after a tip led them to search a wooded area on Long[...]

The startling discoveries were part of the monthslong 'Operation Jungle Book,' which led to the arrest of 16 people, officials said Friday.Agents conducting the largest sweep of animal trafficking in Southern California found a sprawling[...]

A former crime scene technician has been arrested for first-degree murder in the death of a private investigator who vanished last month, according to multiple reports. Ashley McArthur was arrested after Escambia County Sherriff’s Office deputies[...]

Federal prosecutors say a member of the violent Central American street gang MS-13 has admitted to his role in a shooting that had targeted a suspected rival gang member but ended up killing a mother of three. The U.S. Attorney's office says[...]