By Christopher KeatingHartford CourantFaced with potentially losing up to nearly 20% of its workforce due to retirements in the next two years, the Connecticut state police has launched a major recruiting drive to replenish its ranks.Nearly 175 troopers will become eligible to retire by December...
By Julie Watson and Christopher Weber Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Federal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple U.S. companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California, announcing the arrests of members of an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group.The four suspects...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Police Department released body camera footage showing a man armed with a machete charging at officers before they fatally shot him. The Nov. 18 incident began when officers were dispatched to respond to an assault with a deadly weapon...
WASHINGTON — A congressional report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accuses D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith of manipulating crime data to present an artificially low crime rate, WTOP reported. The interim report, based on interviews with current and former commanders of...
By Caleb Lunetta, Karen KucherThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — The gridlock was epic.For eight hours on Friday, Interstate 5 at Del Mar Heights Road in the San Diego area was closed, at times in both directions, as police talked with a suicidal man perched...
By Hannah SchoenbaumAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITY — Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban passed earlier this year that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers.Republican Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday approved the repeal...
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Amanda Swinhart and Holly Ramer Associated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual...
By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jennifer McDermott Associated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a suspect in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.Col. Oscar...
By Puneet BsantiThe Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.)PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Sheriff’s deputies rescued a number of people from a flooded RV park near Orting on Wednesday afternoon.The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Swift Water Rescue Team deployed to Bill and Dan’s RV Park on 116th...
Bay Area News GroupMARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. — The pretrial release of the man suspected of starting the devastating Oak Fire has stirred up outrage in the Sierra Nevada community where 127 homes burned.Edward Wackerman, 73, on Monday, Dec. 8, left the Mariposa County Jail with...
