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Federal Oversight of L.A. Police Department Ends

U.S. District Judge Gary Feess formally lifted the binding agreement the DOJ imposed in 2001.

News • May 17th, 2013

Arrests in New Orleans Parade Shootings Lauded

Two brothers were charged with murder and four were arrested for helping one of them avoid police.

News • May 17th, 2013

N.M. Mom Chases Down Abductor; Man Arrested

A mother whose 4-year-old girl was being abducted chased the suspect down Thursday.

News • May 17th, 2013

Student, Suspect Killed During N.Y. Home Invasion

When officers arrived on the scene, bullets started flying, leaving the gunman and a woman dead.

News • May 17th, 2013

Problems Surface Over Arizona's Immigration Law

A examination of the 2007 law found that it has done little to crack down on problematic employers.

News • May 17th, 2013

Newtown Parents Seek More Focus on School Security

Six Sandy Hook families are launching the Safe and Sound at Sandy Hook Initiative.

News • May 17th, 2013

Colo. Theater Attack Prompts New Mental Health Law

The law expands the state's mental health services in response to last July's Aurora shootings.

News • May 17th, 2013

Old-Fashioned Call Box Averts Tragedy in Philly

A veteran dispatcher for the city's transit police said she was stunned to receive an emergency call reporting that a stroller carrying a toddler had rolled off a train platform.

News • May 17th, 2013

Dying Man's Eye Blinks Lead to Ohio Murder Verdict

Ricardo Woods was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.

News • May 17th, 2013

N.Y. Authorities Probe Money Trail in Smuggling Ring

A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups.

News • May 17th, 2013

Documents: Ricin Letters Suspect Evaded Police

The man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials appears to have attempted to evade law enforcement just days before his arrest.

News • May 17th, 2013

911 Calls Released South Carolina Children Slayings

Authorities say a woman killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband.

News • May 17th, 2013

Maryland Governor Signs Tougher Gun-Control Bill

The National Rifle Association says it plans to challenge the state's strengthened law in court.

News • May 17th, 2013

Alaska Man Runs Onto Frozen Lake to Avoid Jail

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

News • May 17th, 2013

Authorities Arrest Man in Idaho in Terrorism Case

Fazliddin Kurbanov allegedly helped a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan an attack.

News • May 17th, 2013

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