KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knox County sheriff’s deputy critically injured during a call has shared his first public statement since the incident, thanking supporters and describing the events leading up to his hospitalization, WBIR reported.Deputy Dalton Swanger was injured on June 22 while responding to...
By Myles MillerBloomberg NewsWASHINGTON — A “cascade of preventable failures” within the U.S. Secret Service nearly cost President Donald Trump his life during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year, according to a Senate committee report released Sunday.The Republican-led Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
By Mackenzie BodellThe Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Body-camera footage released by the Colorado Springs Police Department Friday shows the man involved in a June 23 shooting fired at law enforcement twice before he was shot and killed by officers.Police said the incident...
DALLAS — City officials say they are optimistic about meeting a voter-mandated goal of 4,000 police officers within four years, though their hiring plan relies on targets the city council opted not to fully adopt earlier this year, the Dallas Morning News reported.The Dallas Police...
By David GarrickThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — San Diego took another step Friday toward ending the long and costly legal battle over 2012’s Proposition B, a voter-approved attempt to eliminate pensions for most new city workers that was later overturned by the courts.The city’s...
By Bruce Schreiner Associated PressLEXINGTON, Ky. — Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said. The suspect in both shootings was also killed.The suspect...
By Sean Murphy and Will Weissert Associated PressKERRVILLE, Texas — President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation from the state’s catastrophic flooding.Since the July 4 disaster, which has killed at least 120 people and left more than 170...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that crime category in nearly 60 years, according to...
By Brenden MooreHerald & Review, Decatur, Ill.DECATUR, Ill. — A multiagency task force is being formed to combat human trafficking in Central Illinois and will base its operations in Decatur.The task force, to be known as the Illinois Trafficking Enforcement Group, will be led by...
By Sam MostowRichmond Times-Dispatch, Va.HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police troopers, along with search and rescue teams, engaged in multiple water rescue operations overnight in Halifax County.At 11:53 p.m. Tuesday, state troopers, search and rescue teams and Halifax County deputies located two vehicles in...
