PHILADELPHIA CREAM — Seven people were injured Wednesday evening in a shooting in Philadelphia, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. in North Philadelphia. The victims include a 19-year-old man shot in the leg, a 31-year-old woman shot in the hand, a 23-year-old man shot in the buttock and two women aged 47 … Read more
Police say seven people injured in Philadelphia shooting June 19, 2024, 8:26 p.m. ET • 1 minute reading PHILADELPHIA — Seven people were injured Wednesday night in a shooting in Philadelphia, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. in North Philadelphia. The victims include a 19-year-old man shot in the leg, a 31-year-old … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. soldier arrested earlier this year to three years and nine months in prison for robbery and threats of murder, reports said. Russian media reported. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, traveled to Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, to see … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s lack of public defenders allowed a man with a violent criminal history to be released on bail three days before he went to his former girlfriend’s Auburn home, where a another man was killed before one an impasse lasting several hours With the police, gunfire was exchanged, two houses were … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Lawyers fighting for the release of documents involving a 2023 Nashville elementary school shooting pleaded with a judge Monday to finally issue a ruling settling the case, their request taking a tone more desperate amid the recent release of leaked documents about the shooter. . It was the latest hearing in … Read more
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine State Police tactical team shot and killed a man on a rooftop early Saturday after an hours-long standoff during which authorities said he opened fire on police officers, two houses burned and one person who had fought with the remaining shooter. . Police issued a stay-at-home order, evacuated homes … Read more
Maine police have canceled a stay-at-home order in the town of Auburn after reports that an armed person was in an area where a series of explosions and a house fire broke out. June 15, 2024, 7:06 a.m. ET • 1 minute reading AUBURN, Maine — Police in Maine have canceled a stay-at-home order in … Read more
SACRAMENTO, California. (AP) — As retail theft rises, California’s Democratic leaders are facing a coalition of law enforcement and business groups in a bitter political fight over how to crack down on the problem. The state is currently working to preserve its progressive policies and avoid putting more people behind bars. The two most likely … Read more
Authorities say a beachgoer has died after being struck by a police truck at a South Carolina beach. June 14, 2024, 8:29 a.m. ET • 2 minutes of reading MYRTLE BEACH, SC — A beachgoer has died after being struck by a police truck on a South Carolina beach, authorities said. A Ford Ranger pickup … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police discriminate against blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, illegally detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, according to a wide-ranging federal investigation into civil rights for law enforcement in the nation’s fifth-largest city. The U.S. Department of Justice report released Thursday said investigators found stark racial disparities … Read more