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mbbirdy/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — A Minneapolis police officer has died after they were “ambushed” while responding to a call about a shooting, officials said Thursday night. Officers from the Minneapolis Police Department responded to reports of a double shooting on the 2200 block of Blaisdell Ave. S., earlier Thursday, the department’s assistant chief of operations, […]

KABC-TV (IRVINE, Calif.) — Tensions at the University of California, Irvine campus escalated Wednesday as a group of several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters entered a lecture hall and surrounded the building, according to school officials. The Irvine Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department were called to the scene after the university called for mutual […]

A stolen car is recovered in Portland. — Portland Police Bureau (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Police in Portland, Oregon, are arresting more suspected car thieves and reducing the number of vehicles stolen, thanks to a partnership with cancer researchers. Officer Michael Terrett said he came up with the idea of a more strategic approach to battling […]

Getty Images – STOCK (WEST RICHLAND, Wash.) — A former police officer remains on the run Tuesday after allegedly killing his ex-wife, his girlfriend and abducting a 1-year-old child in Washington state, according to authorities. Elias Huizar allegedly killed a woman outside Wiley Elementary School on Monday afternoon, according to West Richland police. Hours later, […]

@MNPDNashville/X Authorities discovered a clue in the case of missing University of Missouri college student Riley Strain, Sunday, who vanished while visiting Nashville earlier this month. Nashville Police announced Strain’s bank card was found Sunday on the embankment between Gay Street and the Cumberland River, near Riverfront Park, in a post on X (formally known […]

@VolusiaSheriff/X (ORMOND BEACH, Fla.) — Florida authorities said they believe they’ve recovered the remains of a 16-year-old girl who vanished in 2004 in a mystery that took almost two decades to unravel. Detectives investigating the disappearance of Autumn Lane McClure found the remains while excavating her suspected burial site on Wednesday afternoon, the Volusia Sheriff’s […]

Emergency vehicles line the feeder road outside Lakewood Church during a reported active shooter event, Feb. 11, 2024, in Houston. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (HOUSTON) — Houston authorities released graphic security and police body camera footage Monday of the Feb. 11 shooting inside Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church. The videos show the suspect, Genesse […]

Beverly Vista Middle School/Facebook (BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) — The Beverly Hills Police Department said it is investigating after a Southern California middle school reported last week that students were allegedly involved in creating and sharing nude images generated using artificial intelligence that featured the faces of fellow students. “The Beverly Hills Unified School District notified […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, STOCK (BURNSVILLE, Minn.)– Two police officers and one firefighter were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Sunday after responding to a “call of a family in danger,” according to Gov. Tim Walz. “Horrific news from Burnsville,” Walz began his statement on X. “While responding to a call of a family in […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, STOCK (BURNSVILLE, Minn.)– Two police officers and one firefighter were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Sunday after responding to a “call of a family in danger,” according to Gov. Tim Walz.   “Horrific news from Burnsville,” Walz began his statement on X. “While responding to a call of a family […]