Dear Eric: Twelve years ago, I was a foster parent for a 12-year-old. “Angel” was reunified with her father after a year and when that blew up, she came back to live with me.At one point I petitioned the court and was granted legal custody....
By Police1 StaffPHOENIX — An officer with the Phoenix Police Department has died from injuries he sustained during a shooting, the department said in a statement.Officer Zane Coolidge was critically wounded in a shooting on Sept. 3, the department said during a news conference. He...
Associated PressTOOELE, Utah — Prosecutors charged a Utah man with murder Friday, alleging he killed his adult daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy.Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, of Tooele, confessed in a text message to his brother of making “a big mistake” before fleeing the...
By Teri FigueroaThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — After more than two years of requiring deputies to work overtime in the face of staffing shortages, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office is no longer mandating its sworn staff work extra shifts.The change drew a thumbs-up...
By Lauren LiebhaberThe Charlotte ObserverALTO, Wis. — A missing toddler was found in the middle of a 100-acre cornfield – an area roughly equivalent to 100 football fields – thanks to the use of a thermal imaging drone, Wisconsin authorities said. ...
By Mitchell WillettsThe Charlotte ObserverPHILADELPHIA —A Pennsylvania woman is facing charges months after police say she hit and killed two men while using her vehicle’s hands-free driving mode. ...
Anyone in New England who has spent any time on social media in the last few days has undoubtedly seen the pictures. Connecticut put up signs in Enfield near the Massachusetts border that read:“Welcome to Connecticut - Home of the Basketball Capital of the World.”They’ve...
By Evan Simko-BednarskiNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Outgoing NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper has been tapped to become the MTA’s new head of security, agency chairman Janno Lieber announced Wednesday. ...
On a September night in 1974, Elaine Gingras, then 25 years old, arrived at an IHOP on Route 9 in Shrewsbury.She was getting ready for her first day as a server — a job with which she had previous experience having worked at restaurants in...
Before 2024 wraps up, people have one more chance to see another eclipse — or, at least a partial one — right after another supermoon.On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Earth’s moon is expected to reach its full moon phase. Because it will be the closest full...