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Police arrest North Carolina state Senate candidate after armed standoff

David Zimmermann · October 26, 2026 9:40 pm

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a puddle outside of the Rayburn House Office Building, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Illinois man charged in white powder mail hoax targeting members of Congress

Damaged Iwo Jima (Provided by Prince William County Police Department)

Judge grants bond to man accused of smashing Iwo Jima statue with sledgehammer

Canadian mass shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar, who identified as transgender, poses for a picture sent to an alleged transgender accomplice on Feb. 10, 2026.

DOJ offers funds for research on transgender violence

Washington DC police Metro Capitol crime

DOJ survey shows ‘historic’ 25% decrease in violent crime between 2024 and 2025

County sheriff in Arkansas arrested on felony drug and firearm charges

Jenny Goldsberry December 4, 2022 3:02 pm

Police tape surrounds the scene of a shooting. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Athena Strand: Heartbreak as missing 7-year-old Texas girl found dead after kidnapping

Cami Mondeaux December 3, 2022 8:22 pm

FILE - A flyer seeking information about the killings of four University of Idaho students who were found dead is displayed on a table along with buttons and bracelets, on Nov. 30, 2022, during a vigil in memory of the victims in Moscow, Idaho. It's been nearly three weeks since four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in a home near campus, but there are still more questions than answers surrounding the investigation.

Idaho student murders: Chilling new clue found as hunt for vicious killer continues

Cami Mondeaux December 3, 2022 5:19 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, a marijuana plant grows at the River Rock marijuana growing facility in Denver. After months of uncertainty about marijuana and its tax potential, Colorado lawmakers started work April 8, 2014 deciding how to spend pot taxes. Voters have already decided to spend the first $40 million on school construction, but anything beyond that is up to lawmakers to appropriate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Congress should not make Colorado’s marijuana mistake

Washington Examiner December 3, 2022 2:48 pm

Man arrested in fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff

Rachel Schilke December 2, 2022 10:05 pm

Indiana State Police Peru Post Public Information Officer Tony Slocum.

Judge in Delphi murder case issues gag order on all parties

Jenny Goldsberry December 2, 2022 8:47 pm

Father chases down carjacker to rescue children: Police

Luke Gentile December 2, 2022 6:01 pm

Jimmy Arturo Paiz, 42, has been booked into the Chatham County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and aggravated battery after being suspected of shooting a 15-year-old male.

Georgia police arrest man suspected of shooting teenager campaigning for Warnock

Asher Notheis December 2, 2022 4:45 pm

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY, right) and Sam Brinton of the Trevor Project (center) are seen during a news conference outside the Capitol on the LGBTQ Essential Data Act, which would improve the collection of gender identity data in violent crimes on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

Baggage check: Biden administration won’t say if luggage-stealing nonbinary official Sam Brinton is still on payroll

Asher Notheis December 2, 2022 3:17 pm

Idaho student murders: As mystery grows, here are four key questions that haven’t been answered

Cami Mondeaux December 2, 2022 2:34 pm

Republicans have an opportunity and shouldn’t waste it

W. James Antle III December 2, 2022 11:42 am

Canvasser shot in Georgia days before election: Report

Jack Birle December 2, 2022 4:54 am