(Headline USA)Â Vandals lashed out at the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate over the holiday weekend, blighting their homes with graffiti and in one case a pig's head as Congress failed to approve an increase in the amount of money being sent to individuals to help cope with...
(Headline USA) The scourge of violent crime and murder in Chicago forced former Mayor Rahm Emanuel to abandon hopes of a re-election bid.
But under Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who campaigned as a political outsider prepared to bring fresh approaches to addressing crime---particularly that in black communities---the problem has grown far...
(Headline USA) The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications.
The blast seriously damaged a key AT&T network facility, an important hub that provides local...
(Headline USA) The city that became the epicenter of nationwide race riots last summer, and an early test case for the viability of the "defund the police" movement, will face its next big challenge as simmering tensions seem likely to spill over into the new year---and a new presidential...
(Headline USA) If there's one silver lining in a year marred by a deadly pandemic, civil unrest, and economic and political turmoil, it's this: Despite a steady rise in gun ownership, the number of mass shootings that happened in public was the lowest in more than a decade.
Experts who...
(Headline USA) A U.S. Army special forces sergeant based in Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday.
Winnebago County State's Attorney J. Hanley said Duke Webb, 37, has been charged with three...
(Headline USA) The man the FBI believes to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday.
Investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the man, identified as Anthony Quinn...
(Headline USA) Several unconfirmed theories cropped up as the mysterious circumstances of the Nashville bombing on Christmas Day continued to unfold.
According to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, police officers responded on Friday to a report of shots fired when they encountered the RV blaring a recorded warning that...
(Associated Press) A gunman opened fire inside an Illinois bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack.
A "person of interest" was taken into custody after the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea said during...
(Headline USA) A recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, causing widespread communications outages that took down police emergency systems and grounded holiday travel at the city's airport.
Meanwhile, as the day progressed, additional details emerged regarding the attack, including witnesses who said...
(Associated Press) An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people.
Authorities said they believed the blast---one block from Broadway, the city's central entertainment strip and a major tourist destination---was intentional.
Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said...
(Headline USA) The Republican chair of a county canvassing board in Michigan who initially refused to certify local election results said Thursday that she doesn't know a woman charged with sending her threatening text messages.
Wayne County Canvasser Monica Palmer told reporters outside her attorney's office in Farmington Hills, Michigan,...
