Several 9/11 defendants could avoid seeing the death penalty under a possible plea agreement, according to a letter sent to families by the FBI and Pentagon.
Fort Lauderdale Police Department detention officer Chase Harder was charged with premeditated murder after fatally shooting a victim in Coral Springs, Florida, police say.
An investigation is underway after a 75-year-old woman was dragged across the pavement at a bank in California during a violent purse snatching that was interrupted by good Samaritans.
Pasco County, Florida, law enforcement officials said a man was arrested for animal cruelty after he was allegedly seen dragging a pit bull behind his vehicle on a highway.
Authorities in Indiana reported a fatal police shooting of a 65-year-old man following a standoff at an apartment complex. The incident occurred north of Kentucky along the Ohio River.
A student was wounded during a violent altercation that escalated into gunfire at a central Georgia high school. Richmond County Sheriff revealed the suspected shooter is a juvenile.
Ohio public defender Stephen Chinn, 39, was charged with two felony counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. Police allegedly found images of young girls on his devices.
Texas tattoo shop owner Javier Arredondo was charged with murder after he allegedly killed an employee he recently fired, police say. The argument was reportedly over a paycheck.
Ohio teen Mackenzie Shirilla to spend at least 15 years in prison after she was found guilty Monday of murdering her boyfriend and his friend by slamming her car into a wall.
A Connecticut man who hit a police detective repeatedly with a hammer while she was responding to a complaint has a history of assaulting law enforcement, prosecutors said.
A Pennsylvania woman died in a "freak accident" at the Union County West End Fair when a tractor threw an exhaust wheel into the crowd, striking the woman.
The former director of Wisconsin's court system has filed complaints against his replacement and the justices who voted to remove him after liberal Supreme Court justices gained control.
Philadelphia police revised their initial account of a fatal shooting, saying the person was shot inside a car rather than outside, retracting the claim that he had fled a traffic stop.
Minneapolis-based gangs have been hit with a wave of federal charges as part of a determined effort to quell violent gang activities. Charges included possession of machine guns and fentanyl trafficking.
Former Texas sheriff's deputy Giovanni Ceja was charged with murder a fatal hit-and-run Aug. 6. He's been relieved from duty at the Bexar County Sheriff's Office with a dishonorable discharge.