A Massachusetts police officer has paid for the gasoline of a driver who mistakenly pumped $20 worth of fuel into his car with only $1.79 in his pocket.
Authorities investigating nine nighttime drive-by shootings in Phoenix believed to be the work of a serial killer recovered bullet casings from at least three of the crime scenes and received detailed vehicle descriptions from witnesses, according to police reports.
A 73-year-old Florida woman taking part in a citizen police academy was shot multiple times and killed by a police officer during a "shoot/don't shoot" role-playing exercise Tuesday, authorities said.
An Oklahoma judge is scheduled to decide whether a man accused of fatally stabbing his father, the state's former labor commissioner, is mentally competent to plead guilty to a first-degree murder charge.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol has charged a Charleston man after authorities say he tried to elude police, crashed and a woman passenger was killed.
A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to sex charges involving a 14-year-old boy who her family was in the process of adopting from the Philippines.