Increasing numbers of police officers and civilian law enforcement staff are getting sick as the number of coronavirus cases explodes across the U.S. And the growing tally raises questions about how laws can and should be enforced during the pandemic, and about how departments will hold up as the virus spreads among the ranks of those whose work puts them...

A golden retriever leaped into the waters off Long Island during a morning walk over the weekend and, after a furious swim, returned with a drowning fawn in its mouth, its owner says.

A man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff that lasted more than seven hours has surrendered to police.

A Dallas police officer opened fire at man and missed Tuesday night, but that person was taken to an area hospital for other medical reasons, police say.

A former Texas police officer has admitted that he fatally shot his pregnant girlfriend, reversing his not guilty plea and bringing his capital murder case to a close just months before he was scheduled to go on trial. Ex-Austin officer VonTrey Clark will be sentenced to life in prison without parole under the plea agreement, the Austin American-Statesmen reported. Prosecutors…

A group of teens from Denton is getting international attention for an invention they hope will help people with disabilities.

An airman from an Air Force base in Texas shot himself and died after a police officer shot him during an armed confrontation, police said.

An off-duty police officer working at a Home Depot in Dallas fired on a person he was trying to detain Friday morning.

Investigators in Parker County are hoping someone can help identify a woman who was recorded taking a baby Jesus figurine and manger decorations from a Nativity scene.

Fort Worth resident Shawn Cotton runs the YouTube channel Say Cheese TV — regularly visiting high-crime neighborhoods in search of stories about street gangs and gang-affiliated rappers. It’s a dangerous job, but one that could be very lucrative.

A 30-year-old man faces multiple charges after allegedly drunken driving, crashing into another vehicle and leading Haltom City police on a chase, police said.

Students from North Crowley High School and North Texas police officers gathered on Wednesday to take part in the first ‘Be Safe: How to Interact Safely With Police’ seminar held in Texas.

Machine gun fire answers rock-throwing protesters. Motorcycle-riding Revolutionary Guard volunteers chase after demonstrators. Plainclothes security forces grab, beat and drag a man off the street to an uncertain fate. As Iran restores the internet after a weeklong government-imposed shutdown, new videos purport to show the demonstrations over gasoline prices rising and the security-force crackdown that followed. The videos offer only...

Dallas needs hundreds more police officers and students in a Dallas Independent School District high school program Friday said they want to help.

A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded while responding to a home invasion on Detroit’s West Side, authorities announced late Wednesday. The officers were searching the home for a suspect when they were shot, Police Chief James Craig said. An 18-year veteran of Detroit Police was shot in the neck with a high-powered rifle, Craig said. The...

Brenda Betteridge closes her eyes, takes a breath, and pulls the trigger. She nails the gunman. “One more. Put it in the head,” a police officer instructed her, as she fired away at the cardboard prop representing a gunman. Betteridge is one of the dozens of teachers and other school administrators undergoing active shooting training with the Utah County Sheriff’s...

A man is hospitalized and recovering from a gunshot wound after pointing a rifle at police early Sunday morning.

Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight. The musician said he was met by police at Sydney Airport on Saturday after an incident with an “overly aggressive flight attendant” who he says was upset with him because he couldn’t hear her through...

Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his supporters say raises serious doubt about his guilt. The stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had recommended delaying the lethal...

Authorities say a police officer in Beaumont shot a burglary suspect who tried to attack the officer with a screwdriver.