Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker ruled that Grand Rapids Police Officer Ben Howie acted in lawful self-defense when he fatally shot Eddie Deans Jr. on May 30, ending a violent episode that stretched across more than an hour and included a Molotov cocktail attack, an attempted carjacking, and the ...

A bill named after a slain Ohio deputy has cleared the state House and now sits before the Ohio Senate, where lawmakers must decide whether to permanently eliminate parole as a sentencing option for anyone convicted of intentionally killing a police officer, first responder, prosecutor, or member of...

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan national charged with fatally shooting a 20-year-old National Guard specialist near the White House last November, was rushed to a hospital overnight after refusing to eat for weeks, a condition a federal judge called "dire" and "self-inflicted." Justice Department p...

A convicted felon walked out of a building in Ruskin, Florida, on Wednesday and opened fire on two Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies, striking one in the face and the other in the neck before a third deputy shot and killed him. Both wounded deputies were airlifted to a hospital. Both are expect...

Rep. Greg Steube of Florida has filed a formal article of impeachment against the federal judge who ordered a convicted Cuban plane hijacker released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a move that escalates the clash between Congress and the judiciary over immigration enforcement. Ste...

A U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet roared over a packed Pensacola Beach crowd on Tuesday at an altitude well below standard safety profiles, sending sand, chairs, tents, and towels flying, and setting off a public debate that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth settled in seven words. "The flyovers will continu...

Scammers are now using the kidnapping of an 84-year-old Tucson woman to steal money from well-meaning strangers, and the sheriff wants it stopped before anyone else gets taken. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos issued a public warning this week about fraudulent online posts circulating with QR codes t...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that all male service members aged 30 and older will undergo mandatory annual testosterone screening, with hormone replacement therapy available to those found deficient. The program, which Hegseth dubbed "The High-T Department of War" in a video...

Five members of the same family are dead and two others wounded after a shooting spree tore across three locations in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Sunday. Two teenage suspects, ages 15 and 16, were arrested the same day, and at least one of them is related to the victims they are accused of gunning ...

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and FBI Director Kash Patel personally led an internal investigation last week to unmask whoever disclosed security vulnerabilities in the $400 million Qatari-donated aircraft the Trump administration intends to use as Air Force One. The probe included demandin...