By Sarah RoebuckEditorial StaffPITTSBURGH — A rookie pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and an ESPN sports analyst are donating to a foundation that supports first responders and their families. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is donating $100 per strikeout to the Gary Sinise Foundation, On3 reported....
By Harriet RyanLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Add criminal tightrope walking to the list of problems besieging Oceanwide Plaza, the unfinished, bankrupt, vandalized, graffitied towers marring the skyline of downtown Los Angeles.A 28-year-old performance artist who goes by the name Reckless Ben filmed himself Sunday...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1MIAMI — Dash camera footage released by the Florida Highway Patrol shows a high-speed pursuit that ended in a dramatic water rescue of a suspect who attempted to flee authorities by jumping into a lake, NBC Miami reported.The incident began on May 9...
On February 20, 2024, Las Vegas dispatchers received a suicide attempt call stating that a man appeared to be trying to cut his arm off behind a store. When officers arrived, they found the man, his left arm bleeding, carrying what appeared to be a...
By Dave OrrickStar TribuneMINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis leaders on Monday announced they had selected a company to build a database designed to flag problems with police officers — before they become problematic.The idea is a technological approach — an “early intervention system” — to both support...
By R. Christian SmithChicago TribuneAURORA, Ill. — The Aurora Police Department is now publicly releasing the results of the surveys it sends out to those who call for help, department officials recently announced.Police officials believe this makes it the first police department in the nation...
By Lisa BackusJournal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Body camera video released by the state Inspector General on Monday shows a man wielding two knives and charging at a city police officer before he was shot last week.The man was identified as Dale Stephenson, 49,...
By Doug SmithLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — A former San Diego sheriff’s deputy who has already pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 2020 fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect has been indicted on two federal charges that could put him in prison for life.A...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Police recently released body camera footage showing an officer-involved shooting that occurred after a woman approached officers while pretending to have a gun in her hand, KOHK reported.The May 5 incident began when police responded to a report...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1YUMA, Ariz. — Newly released body camera footage shows Yuma Police Department officers firing shots at a man who threatened to kill people and their dog, according to a briefing by Chief Thomas Garrity.“[The shooting was] a tragedy for the community and all...
