The death of a Los Angeles Police detective -- an apparent suicide -- at a home in Whittier, Calif., is under investigation, police confirmed Wednesday.
The operators of an international website that advertises escort services face their first court appearances on California charges that they profited from aiding the trafficking of prostitutes, including minors.
Four black men face assault charges in connection with the beating of a white Alabama high school student who had posted pro-police comments online, police confirmed Wednesday.
Police arrested a 29-year-old Rhode Island man after they say he drove his sport utility vehicle into the front of a Woonsocket radio station building while under the influence.
Police officers and firefighters in eastern North Carolina cruised low-lying areas and shouted a simple message from bullhorns: Get out before the floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew arrive.
A man suspected of driving the wrong way on a Vermont interstate and causing several crashes that killed five teenagers and injured other people has been upgraded to fair condition.
The small northwest Iowa city of Storm Lake has a low unemployment rate, vibrant downtown and tree-lined neighborhoods, but it's also facing a surge in hunger that's familiar to rural communities across the country.