Suicides
A police officer stands at the entrance to a Mueller Co. fire hydrant plant where police said multiple people were shot to death and others were wounded in Albertville, Ala., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Police: Gunman dead after killing 2 at fire hydrant factory

By Jay Reeves Jun. 15, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

San Francisco area deaths add to US mass shootings in 2021

May. 26, 2021 04:12 PM EDT
Eight people are dead after an employee opened fire at a San Francisco Bay Area transit agency early Wednesday in San Jose, California. The attacker was...

Alexis Hilbelink, at her home in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Thursday that a Unified police officer was legally justified in shooting Alexis's husband, Matthew Hilbelink, who was suicidal and who had pointed a gun at an officer. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
DA: Police shooting suicidal man justified, raises questions

By Jessica Miller May. 22, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Man pleads guilty to seeking fraudulent PPP loans

May. 18, 2021 08:37 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man who faked suicide to avoid prosecution for fraudulently seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans intended...

Bill Mathis packages THC products in Hazel Park, Mich., Thursday, April 29, 2021. A former teacher, Mathis has taken a new job in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

Man agrees to plead guilty to some charges in PPP fraud case

By Mark Pratt May. 07, 2021 02:56 PM EDT
A businessman who federal authorities say faked suicide to avoid prosecution for fraudulently seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans intended for...

Jagraj Dhillon bows his head during prayer from leaders and members from the Sikh community during a gathering to honor the lives lost by the FedEx facility mass shooting last month, Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. (Grace Hollars /The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Governor: Indianapolis 'still reeling' from FedEx shooting

By Casey Smith May. 01, 2021 03:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, semi-automatic rifles are displayed on a wall at a gun shop in Lynnwood, Wash. Lawmakers in Oregon are considering a proposed gun storage law that would be the among strongest in America (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Oregon gun storage law would be among the toughest in the US

By Andrew Selsky Apr. 19, 2021 11:56 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Apr. 19, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Houston Chronicle. April 14, 2021. Editorial: Texas lawmakers' response to flood of gun deaths? Make it easier to own guns ...

A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
FBI says it interviewed FedEx mass shooter last year

By Casey Smith And Rick Callahan Apr. 16, 2021 08:56 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2021 08:21 AM EDT
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ April 13 The Greensboro News & Record on...

Larrecsa Cox, who leads the Quick Response Team whose mission is to save every citizen who survives an overdose from the next one, peers around a stairwell while walking through an abandoned home frequented by people struggling with addiction, in Huntington, W.Va., Thursday, March 18, 2021. As the COVID pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly worsened what was before it the country's greatest public health crisis: addiction and despair. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19

By Claire Galofaro Apr. 08, 2021 01:02 AM EDT

Police stand at the scene on Pine Bluff, Monday, April 5, 2021, in Allen, Texas, where six people were found fatally shot in the suburban Dallas home after police said two brothers made a plan to kill four family members and themselves. (Jason Janik/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Police identify 6 people dead in Texas murder-suicide plot

Apr. 06, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

High court mulls police power to enter homes without warrant

By Jessica Gresko Mar. 24, 2021 04:36 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed when police can enter homes without a warrant, with the justices making up scenarios involving elderly...

Nevada lawmakers unveil 91 bills but still extend deadline

By Sam Metz And Scott Sonner Mar. 22, 2021 07:01 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers on Monday introduced a flurry of proposals covering topics ranging from energy to immigration in a rush toward the...

FILE - This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. A fund set up to provide money to victims of financier Epstein has abruptly suspended payouts. The Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program said Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, it has temporarily run out of funds. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
Epstein warden now running new prison despite ongoing probe

By Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Sisak Feb. 11, 2021 01:52 PM EST

Honduras investigates police in case of murdered student

By Marlon González Feb. 10, 2021 05:15 PM EST
TEGUCIGALPA, Hondruas (AP) — Relatives buried the body Wednesday of a 26-year-old Honduran nursing student who died in a police cell hours after she was...

This 2007 photo provided by Matt Latella shows famous San Francisco private eye Jack Palladino in Toronto. Palladino died Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, never having regained consciousness after tussling with would-be robbers in his Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and hitting his head. His attorney confirmed that Palladino was taken off life support Sunday and died around noon Monday. He was 76. (Matt Latella via AP)
Murder charges expected in attack on famed private eye

By Olga R. Rodriguez Feb. 02, 2021 05:51 PM EST

Police investigate inmate death in Maryland

Dec. 27, 2020 12:04 PM EST
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland said they are investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate who was in quarantine due to the coronavirus. ...

A man walks past a statue of Mohammed Bouazizi's chariot in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Hundreds of desperate Tunisians have set themselves on fire over the past 10 years in an act of protest, following the example of 26-year-old fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi. His self-immolation in 2010 led to the downfall of Tunisia’s dictator of 23 years and unleashed the Arab Spring uprisings and a decade of crackdowns and civil wars across the region. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)
Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia

By Francesca Ebel Dec. 17, 2020 02:15 AM EST