Portland police K-9 Kylo was killed on his last shift before retirement during a murder-suspect arrest that also left the wanted man dead. On Thursday afternoon, officers from multiple agencies moved to take a wanted man into custody at the Chestnut Tree Inn in the 9600 block of Southeast Stark Stre...

A retired Florida police sergeant was fatally shot by his wife before she killed herself in what Broward officials describe as an apparent murder-suicide after the couple’s bodies were found. John Baker and his wife, Joanne Baker, were discovered dead in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on Sept. 21. A prelim...

A 31-year-old homeless man opened fire near an occupied terminal at Miami International Airport, sending three rounds into a trash can feet from travelers, and deputies say he still had two loaded magazines when they arrested him on a nearby bench. Francisco Ivan Mendiola fired four shots from the s...

Two University of Mississippi undergraduates were found dead on the same day in separate locations across Oxford, Mississippi, with packaged kratom discovered at both scenes, and investigators have not ruled out foul play. Authorities identified the students Thursday as Robert Strang, a 20-year-old ...

American troops and DEA agents joined roughly 320 Ecuadoran police officers in early-morning raids across several cities, arresting more than 30 suspects tied to one of the Western Hemisphere's most dangerous drug cartels, the latest result of a broader U.S. crackdown on organized crime across Latin...

South Carolina's highest court unanimously threw out Alex Murdaugh's double murder convictions after finding that a county clerk tampered with the jury, but the disgraced attorney will stay behind bars on separate fraud sentences. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 5-0 that Colleton County Clerk...

A mass shooting at a house party near Durban, South Africa, left 11 people dead and three wounded after three gunmen stormed the home and opened fire, and authorities say the victims' own criminal ties may have made them targets. The attack struck Tuesday night in the Ziko area of KwaMakhutha, a tow...

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a deployment that stretched past 250 days at sea, a disclosure that raises hard questions about the cost of extended combat operations on the men and women wh...

Two former Mississippi Capitol police officers are on trial for manslaughter after fatally shooting a man during a 2022 vehicle pursuit, and key testimony is already raising questions about whether the officers had any lawful reason to fire. A jury in Jackson, Mississippi, continued hearing testimon...

A federal judge sentenced former Republican Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn to 16 months in prison for attempting to possess child sexual abuse materials, a case that began when the 42-year-old lawmaker drove across the state to meet someone he believed was a teenage girl. U.S. District Judge Er...