New York City police organizations have donated an additional 1,100 newly designed bullet-resistant vests to detectives, officials announced Wednesday, as law enforcement officers nationwide grapple with crime and violence. The New York City Police Foundation and the Detectives’ Endowment Association …
Memphis residents describe their home as both a big city and a small town. Neighbors of all walks of life love and care for one another, which is why the city’s recent violent crime spree has residents on edge and …
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Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday after calling only a fraction of their expected witnesses, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism. Cruz’s attorneys …
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The judge in Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s penalty trial tore into the defense team Wednesday morning after they abruptly rested their case without any advance warning to the court. “At this time, the defense rests,” Melisa McNeill declared. “We’re not …
Milwaukee police say officers fatally shot a man after their squad car was struck by gunfire. Officials are searching for two other suspects who fled from the scene of the shooting Tuesday night on the city’s north side, police said. …
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Multiple were shot Tuesday in Chicago, authorities said. The Chicago Police Department dispatched officers to the 5500 block of South Martin Luther King Drive near Washington Park, authorities told Fox News. Several people were taken to local hospitals, Fox Chicago …
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A Chicago man was handed down a 65-year prison sentence last week for the shooting death of a father of five during a road rage encounter while he was out on bond for another offense and reportedly has a murder …
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One of the nation’s leading fetal alcohol researchers testified Tuesday that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s birth mother drank more during her pregnancy than any woman he’s ever seen documented. Dr. Kenneth Jones said medical and other records show Brenda …
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An appeal of the conviction in the 1976 slayings of a young couple in Wisconsin continues to wind its way through the courts, even though the man found guilty in the murders has died in prison. Attorneys for Raymand Vannieuwenhoven …
A spate of shootings at malls across the country have highlighted what experts say is a need for vigilance amid offenders’ apparent propensity toward violence and gun use, even in bustling public places. Nakisha Billa, a Philadelphia woman whose son …