With more than 50 overdoses and 8 killed, Texas capital seeing ‘unusually deadly’ string of opioid incidents

Austin, Texas, saw an "unusually ... that it is unusually deadly," Austin Chief Deputy Medical Director Dr. Heidi Abraham said during a press conference Monday. "There have been four deaths, so far, ... Read More

Chief McManus: Man killed by officer in Market Square shooting was arrested earlier this month

Mikey Valdez, 18, and Albert Cisneros, 20, were killed, and four were injured early Sunday after an officer-involved shooting broke out during Fiesta. Read More

4th victim, a Deputy US Marshal, ID’d in E CLT standoff

In total, four members of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force were shot, with three passing away from their injuries. Four Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers were shot, with one passing away Monday ... Read More

Los Angeles authorities arrest suspect in shooting of deputy at traffic light

After a search for the person who shot an LA motorcycle deputy who was stopped at a red light in West Covina, California, authorities have arrested suspect Raymundo Duran. Read More

Shooting suspect killed by sheriff's deputies in Phillips County

The caller told law enforcement that the suspected shooter was still on the property and was threatening that anyone who came into the yard would get shot. Read More

Former Seward County deputy indicted in fatal shooting on I-80 west of Lincoln

A Lancaster County grand jury has indicted a former Seward County Sheriff's Office deputy in a fatal shooting in October on Interstate 80 west of Lincoln. Read More

Suspect arrested in connection to shooting of Los Angeles County deputy in West Covina

Sheriff Robert Luna said 47-year-old Raymundo Duran, a known gang member, was arrested for attempted murder and is in custody for the shooting of Deputy Samuel Aispuro in the back. Read More

Fifth suspect arrested in Texas County

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has made a fifth arrest in connection to the deaths of two Kansas women in Texas County. Read More

Gang member arrested in ‘ambush’ shooting of L.A. County deputy, sheriff says

Sheriff Robert Luna says investigators 'connected the dots' to link a man arrested for DUI near San Diego to the shooting of a deputy in West Covina. Read More

4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says officers from the U.S. Marshals Task Force were carrying out an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they came under fire. Read More

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects ... Read More

US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say

Jack Riley, a former deputy administrator of the DEA, said he had concerns about the proposed change because he thinks marijuana remains a possible “gateway drug," one that may lead to the use of ... Read More