The interim Dallas police chief says the number of officers has fallen to its lowest level in about 10 years while the department also is falling short of its goal for new hires
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a wounded police officer can't sue a sporting goods store that sold a handgun that was later used to wound him
A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in the death of a disabled man whose foot wounds became severely infected and filled with maggots
All proposed Wells Fargo directors have been elected, though one got barely 53 percent of shareholders votes, after a scandal over sales practices drew ire from investors
Law enforcement officials detailing a federal probe say corruption was pervasive at the New York Police Department's gun licensing division
Police say a pit bull apparently broke away from a chain and mauled a screaming man to death in Ohio
The city of Baltimore has suffered more than 100 homicides before the end of April for the first time in 20 years
Two North Carolina gang members have been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting deaths of a South Carolina couple who were to testify against other gang members in an attempted robbery case
Officials say a wildfire on public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line has now burned more than 90 square miles (233 sq. kilometers) as winds spread the flames through dry areas of the Okefenokee Swamp
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders have rushed to the courthouse to try to block expected efforts by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to get a new elections administration law thrown out as unconstitutional
A white principal of a predominantly black elementary school who told staff to assign white students to the same classrooms next year is no longer at the Florida school
More than 100 roosters have been recovered after police broke up a cockfighting ring in Central California
Most immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are simply deported without prosecution
Authorities say two crew members are dead after an explosion on a ship in the North Atlantic Ocean
Authorities say the main parachute being used by an experienced skydiver wasn't attached to him when his body was found in a western New York field