Matthew Gerald's bravery and enthusiasm for his new job -- Baton Rouge police officer -- was no surprise to Ryan Cabral, who served with Gerald on a helicopter crew in Iraq.
Bus surveillance video shows a carjacking suspect jumping onto an Oklahoma City bus to escape police, ordering frightened passengers to leave the vehicle then trying to grab one officer's weapon before being shot dead by another officer.
At least 13 people were arrested after protesters holding Black Lives Matter signs blocked all southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in downtown Richmond, Virginia Monday, local media reported.
Gavin Long peddled self-published books with abstract themes about self-empowerment and spiritual enlightenment, but also posted rambling internet videos calling for violent action in response to what he considered oppression.
A homeless man will serve at least 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in a beating death at a homeless camp in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Three Franciscan friars won't stand trial until at least next year on charges linked to their role in supervising a suspected sexual predator accused of molesting more than 100 children, most at a Pennsylvania high school.
Police on Tuesday were investigating a shooting at an impromptu anti-violence rally outside Cleveland that killed a 19-year-old man and wounded a 12-year-old boy.
A 100-acre New Hampshire compound at the center of a 2007 armed standoff with federal agents is for up for sale again nine months after it was sold at auction.
A United Airlines jetliner bound for Boston returned to the gate at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport after reports of smoke coming from an engine.