Authorities in Texas are defending a heavy tactical response after five foreign nationals with French visas allegedly broke into a county courthouse. The foreigners were later described as harmless bar-hoppers just goofing around.

Video • October 20th, 2011

Animal rights advocates say there was little police could do to save dozens of exotic animals set free from a privately-owned preserve before the owner committed suicide. Officers shot and killed the animals, including 18 Bengal tigers.

Video • October 20th, 2011

Officers armed with assault rifles patrolled Zanesville, Ohio Wednesday morning, a day after police killed dozens of animals that escaped from a wild-animal preserve, and where the owner's body later was found.

Video • October 19th, 2011

Boca Raton, FL -- There were some scary moments just after 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, when a 6 year old getting out of his grandfather's car at the Verde Elementary School tripped and fell in front of an approaching vehicle. The child was pinned under...

Video • October 18th, 2011

A judge on Monday sentenced a Bucks County man for the murder of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Timothy Simpson, calling the killer a "one man crime wave."

Video • October 18th, 2011

Police released 911 calls made in the chaotic and terrifying moments when a gunman barged into a hair salon and opened fire, killing eight people and leaving one wounded.

Video • October 18th, 2011

Prosecutors say a veteran police officer was killed when a man allegedly driving under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance crashed into his police cruiser on a northern New Jersey highway.

Video • October 17th, 2011