A water buffalo is on the loose in an Iowa town, and police are warning people that it is injured and aggressive. Police in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill responded Saturday to a call about an animal in the road. It turned out to be a water buffalo, and the owner told police...
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). New details have emerged about the Rice University student who was gunned down in an apparent murder-suicide that rocked the elite Houston school on the first day of...
City council members in Atlanta, Georgia, are considering a $1.5 million settlement for a man who was wrongfully arrested and jailed nearly 14 months for a crime he did not commit. Keith Sylvester was arrested and booked into jail in Fulton County in December 2018 on accusations he strangled and murdered his mother, Deborah Hubbard,...
New York police made their first arrest for an alleged violation of a new ban on mask-wearing in Nassau County Sunday. Police say Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18, was arrested for wearing a mask and acting suspiciously in Levittown, New York. He is an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who entered the U.S. in 2019, sources...
The votes of the law enforcement professionals and their families will help determine the election as police officers weigh the prospect of heightened lawlessness on American streets under a potential Vice President Harris administration, a retired Illinois police chief predicted. “It’s my personal belief that no police officer or family member should vote for [Harris’]...
The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two young armed carjackers, including one who investigators believe could be as young as 10 years old. Police shared a video of the suspects accused of committing four carjackings at gunpoint in North Philadelphia, between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22. The first incident...
People caught with drugs in Portland, Oregon, between 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. and on weekends may be arrested and taken to jail starting next week, according to police. It’s a temporary solution as Multnomah County works to get a deflection center up and running to offer people suspected of low-level drug possession the option...
The former Pulse nightclub owners were cleared of involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the June 2016 mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, according to a new report by the Orlando Police Department. Police began an investigation into potential criminal charges against Barbara and Rosario Poma, the previous owners of Pulse, more than a year ago,...
The Arizona Police Association (APA) turned heads recently by endorsing liberal Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race, despite Gallego’s controversial history on law enforcement issues and the APA’s simultaneous support of former President Donald Trump. “Congressman Gallego has continually fought for robust, increased funding for America’s Law Enforcement, and specifically Arizona Law...
Long Beach, California, will begin fining and potentially arresting homeless people to combat its most “problematic” encampments, city officials said. The decision comes after the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places and arrest them –even in the absence of public shelters –overturning lower court rulings...
