A sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man he thought was trying to take his gun was justified in using deadly force because he believed he was at risk of serious injury or death, according to a Maine attorney general’s …
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Days after a Seattle-area podcaster and her husband asked a Washington state judge for a protection order against a Texas man who had been harassing them, he allegedly broke into their home in the middle of the night and killed …
Police in Miami said five suspects were taken into custody in connection with a shooting that wounded an officer on Wednesday. Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez told WTVJ-TV that the officer was conducting a narcotics investigation around 4 p.m. near …
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Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, The Associated Press has learned. A Pentagon report on …
A man who shot five people, killing one, during a small racial justice protest in Portland, Oregon, last year pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges on Wednesday, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Benjamin Smith, 44, faces the potential of …
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A Florida man was arrested shortly after midnight on Wednesday for allegedly firing a gun at his roommates through a closed door after one of them got into bed with the suspect’s teenage daughter, according to the Cape Coral Police …
A man accused of raping a woman in a stairwell in New York City on Saturday should have been in jail after not following through on a plea deal in a separate assault, according to a report. Jamel McIver, 30, …
The Republican political strategist who accused conservative leader Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, of sexual assault is revealing his identity after a judge ruled Wednesday that he cannot move forward with his lawsuit anonymously.
Authorities are continuing to search for a suspect after a shootout with police in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles Wednesday night left at least three police officers injured, according to multiple reports. More than two dozen Los Angeles …
Authorities have apprehended a suspect who is believed to have shot three Los Angeles police officers Wednesday in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood, police said. The suspect has since died. After the initial shooting, the suspect barricaded themselves into a residency …