Man Opens Fire on Dallas Police Station, Plants Bomb

A man suspected of attacking Dallas Police headquarters early on Saturday, spraying it with gunfire and leaving explosive devices around the building, was shot and likely killed by snipers a few hours later, police said.

Authorities believe the attacker was acting alone, motivated by personal grievances and had no known…

Who is Rachel Dolezal?

Rachel Dolezal leads the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, teaches African studies to college students and sits on a police oversight commission.
But the 37-year-old artist and activist with dark curly hair and light-brown skin now finds herself at the center of a furor over racial identity…

NY Prison Employee Arrested in Escape Plot

A female employee of an upstate New York prison was arrested on Friday on charges that she helped two inmates stage a daring escape from the maximum security facility, authorities said.

Joyce Mitchell, an industrial training supervisor at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, is suspected of having smuggled contraband…

Police Officer at Center of Texas Pool Party Incident Resigns

A white police officer recorded on video pushing a black girl to the ground at a North Texas pool party resigned from the police force Tuesday.
Officer David Eric Casebolt’s actions were “indefensible,” McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley said at a press conference after the officer submitted his resignation…

Killers Escape Prison Shawshank Redemption Style

A manhunt overnight failed to find two convicted murderers who used power tools to break out of their cells and have been on the run for at least a day after escaping from a maximum security prison in upstate New York, officials said on Sunday.

Local, state and federal authorities…