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An inmate was fatally shot Saturday after a corrections officer was taken hostage at the Oklahoma County jail in Oklahoma, authorities said. “The person who had taken him hostage was shot by an Oklahoma City police officer,” said Aaron Brilbeck, spokesman for the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office. “He is deceased.” The officer, who was not […]

Newly released body camera footage shows two Maryland police officers handcuffing and berating a 5-year-old boy who had allegedly left school without permission. The Montgomery County Police Department released the video on Friday. It was recorded in January 2020 and contains disturbing content. “I watched in horror as what can only be described as a […]

Prosecutors said the driver was texting and using social media on his phone. A New York state trooper has died after suffering traumatic brain injuries more than three years ago when a distracted driver’s vehicle struck him, officials said Saturday. Trooper Joseph Gallagher died Friday, said Kevin P. Bruen, New York State Police acting superintendent, […]

Three men were arrested in connection with shootings that left eight people injured overnight near the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, police said Saturday. Ahmon Jahree Adams, 22, of Chesapeake; Nyquez Tyyon Baker, 18, of Virginia Beach; and Devon Maurice Dorsey Jr., 20, of Virginia Beach, were charged with felonious assault and reckless shooting in one […]

Multiple rounds were fired through the trooper’s windshield after he pulled up behind the man, officials said. Authorities are looking for a man accused of shooting a state trooper in the head Friday night in Texas. Officials issued an alert Saturday for DeArthur Pinson Jr., 36, who they said should be “considered armed and dangerous […]

A noose was found hanging from a tree outside a church in Washington, D.C., on Friday morning. The St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol and has a Black Lives Matter banner on the front of the building. D.C. Councilman Charles Allen first posted about the incident on Twitter, describing […]

The move to shut down the state’s four slingshot rides comes after a cable failure on one of them left two teens suspended 30 to 40 feet in the air for nearly two hours. All slingshot rides in Florida were shut down after a cable failure in Kissimmee left two teens suspended in the air […]