Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. (INDIANAPOLIS) — An Indiana sheriff’s office is mourning the loss of a veteran deputy who was attacked and killed by an inmate during an escape attempt, authorities said. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm, 61, was transporting an inmate back to jail after a medical appointment […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Vermont, where torrential rainfall has triggered life-threatening flash floods. The president’s action frees up federal resources to supplement the state and local response efforts as well as authorizing the Federal Emergency Management […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decreased by 66% halfway through 2023, according to a report released by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund on Tuesday. Every year the NLEMF releases two reports — one counting the midyear line of duty death statistics and one recapping the […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Journalist Evan Gershkovich has spent more than three months in Russian detention, but his parents say they remain confident the U.S. government will do all it can to bring their son home. “President [Joe] Biden spoke to us and gave us a promise to do […]
Twitter / @OKCFC (OKLAHOMA CITY) — Two boys have died after they were swept away by waters from an open dam in Oklahoma City, officials say. The incident occurred late in the afternoon on Monday when officials from the Oklahoma City Fire Department were needed for a water rescue emergency […]
Facebook / Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrested for the alleged hit-and-run murder of his wife, police say. The body of Angela Marie McClelland, a 49-year-old woman from […]
Plains, Montana, Police Dept. (NEW YORK) — A suspect in a cold-case murder who escaped while being taken to Michigan to face charges has been found following a massive manhunt in Montana, authorities said. Fugitive Chadwick Shane Mobley, 42, was arrested and taken back into custody on Monday night after […]
danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Maine father drowned while attempting to rescue his two daughters who were struggling in a deep water current, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. Henry Brooks was with his family at Seven Tree Pond in Union, Maine, Saturday afternoon, watching […]
Around 12:30 a.m. on July 9, Sevier County deputies were dispatched to a report of a subject who was struck by a car at the Gooseberry Admin site. It was reported that the car had fled the scene. While deputies were responding to the scene a description of the car […]
Kali9/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Politicians in the nation’s capital are expected on Tuesday to pass what is being called an emergency public safety bill to address rising crime rates in the city. As of Monday, homicide in Washington was up 17% year-to-date compared to 2022, while reported robberies were up […]
