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Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig drops Republican bid for open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan 02/13/2024 09:32pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is ending his Republican bid for an open U.S. Senate seat representing Michigan just over four months after launching his campaign, he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Craig was seen as one of the more high-profile candidates to en 2 suspected gang members arrested after 4 killed in Los Angeles-area shootings 02/13/2024 09:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two suspected gang members were arrested in connection with a series of shootings in the Los Angeles area that killed four people, including a 14-year-old boy, authorities said Tuesday. The shootings occurred over a span of a few hours late Sunday and early Monday in the cities A Wyoming police officer is dead, shot while issuing warning 02/13/2024 08:06pm • SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A police officer serving a trespass warning has been fatally shot in northern Wyoming. Sgt. Nevada Krinkee died at a hospital after being shot Tuesday in downtown Sheridan. The male shooter barricaded himself in a home a few blocks away after the shooting, Police Chief Travis Mississippi governor announces new law enforcement operation to curb crime in capital city 02/13/2024 07:18pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have surged local, state and federal resources to Mississippi’s capital city for a new operation aimed at curbing violent crime, drug trafficking and other offenses, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday. Reeves and other officials provided few detai Charges against Miles Bridges connected to domestic violence case dropped 02/13/2024 07:12pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Criminal charges connected to a domestic violence case against Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges were dropped Tuesday because of “insufficient evidence," court documents show. Bridges had been facing three charges for an alleged violation of a domestic violence prote Milwaukee woman charged with killing abuser arrested in Louisiana 02/13/2024 07:10pm • KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of killing a man who sexually assaulted her and other underage girls was arrested in Louisiana after nearly two weeks on the run. U.S. marshals took Chrystul Kizer, 23, of Milwaukee, into custody on Monday. She was being held in the Lafayette Parish C Quick-moving winter storm brings snow to Northeast, disrupting travel and schools 02/13/2024 07:04pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A quick-moving winter storm battered cities in the Northeast with snowfall, sending huge waves crashing into the New England coastline and forcing New York City schools into glitch-filled remote learning reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic. Airlines canceled or del How Texas church shooter bought rifle despite mental illness and criminal history is under scrutiny 02/13/2024 07:04pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by security officers used an AR-style rifle that police say she legally purchased despite a years-long criminal record, a history of mental illness and allegations she threatened to shoot her ex-husband. Ke When Are Government Officials Legally Immune? 02/13/2024 07:00pm • Government officials are frequently given legal immunity relating to their work. This immunity is based on the premise that government employees -- from legislators to police -- shouldn't be held personally liable for actions they take as officials. The idea behind the qualified immunity doctrine wa Man who fatally stabbed New Mexico officer had long criminal record, police say 02/13/2024 06:48pm • LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A man who fatally stabbed a police officer in southern New Mexico over the weekend had a long criminal record, authorities said Tuesday. The death of Las Cruces patrol Officer Jonah Hernandez marked the first on-duty death among officers in the 96-year-old history of the ci Chicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year 02/13/2024 06:45pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago won't renew its ShotSpotter contract and plans to stop using the controversial gunshot detection system later this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Tuesday. The system, which relies on an artificial intelligence algorithm and network of microphones to identi Court uphold life sentences for Atlanta Olympics and abortion clinic bomber 02/13/2024 06:38pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A man sentenced to life imprisonment for fatal bombings at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and an Alabama abortion clinic will not get a chance at a new sentence, an appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that Eric Robert Rudolph Lawmakers honor House clerk who served during chaos of Jan. 6 and McCarthy speaker votes 02/13/2024 06:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Tuesday honored the official charged with maintaining order in the House during two of the chamber's most tumultuous moments — the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and last year's longest race for House speaker since before the Civil War. Cheryl Johnson, the 3 deputies arrested after making hoax phone calls about dead bodies, warrants say 02/13/2024 06:01pm • CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Three sheriff's deputies in South Carolina have been arrested after they reported a dead body in what investigators said were hoax phone calls in four small towns. The Chesterfield County deputies were charged Monday with misconduct in office, criminal conspiracy and aggr 1 man killed, another wounded in stabbing at Manassas trade school; suspect fatally shot by police 02/13/2024 05:58pm • One man was stabbed to death and another critically wounded before the suspect was fatally shot by police officers at a Manassas, Virginia, training center, Prince William County police say. The Prince William County Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to an apprentic