By Brian NiemietzNew York Daily NewsLONG ISLAND, N.Y. — A Long Island boy was rescued by police after falling through a thinly frozen pond on Christmas Day.The 8-year-old youngster was playing on an ice-covered part of a pond in East Patchogue when the surface gave...
By Allison Brophy ChampionCulpeper Star-Exponent, Va.CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. — Outstanding octogenarian Gladys Williams, still part of the local workforce, makes sure her seniors receive socialization and nutrition and anything else they may need, including protection from would-be predators.The longtime Culpeper Senior Center director recently partnered...
By Lauren GirgisThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — With little time to settle into their offices, Seattle’s new mayor and city attorney are already locking horns with the police officers’ union over a directive intended to divert some misdemeanor drug cases from being criminally charged.Mike Solan, president...
MINNEAPOLIS — Vice President JD Vance shared a video that appears to show the perspective of an ICE officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman during a vehicle‑related encounter.In posts on X, Vance said the video shows the officer’s life was in...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Sergeant Erik LeVasseur of the Port St. Lucie Police Department has returned home after spending 37 days in the hospital recovering from critical injuries sustained in a December shooting, CBS 12 reported. LeVasseur was released on Jan. 8 from HCA...
By Andrea FloresLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — One resilient pup is starting the new year with a loving home.Earlier this month, a Gardena police officer responded to a report that there were whimpers and cries coming from a self-compacting trash can outside a church.| DOWNLOAD:...
By Patrick Aftoora-OrsagosAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A use of force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who fatally shot Ta’Kiya Young, who had been accused of shoplifting, according to a statement from the police department’s chief released this week.The five-member review board, empaneled by...
HONOLULU — Hawaiʻi’s Department of Law Enforcement is struggling to recruit and retain state deputy sheriffs due to a widening pay gap with county police officers, Department Director Mike Lambert told the Legislature’s Finance Committee. Lambert said the disparity has made it difficult to fill...
By Corey Williams Associated PressDETROIT — Murders in Detroit continue to decrease as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- to mid-1960s.For all of 2025, 165 homicides were committed in the Motor City, Police Chief Todd Bettison told...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Police Department released body-worn camera footage from a Dec. 19 incident that resulted in three officers and one civilian being shot and the suspect fatally shot by police, WXXI reported. Officers responded to a home on Dec. 19 after receiving...
