TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 12/12 — The Latest on the commission that is investigating the Florida high school massacre (all times local): 6:10 p.m. The panel investigating the Florida high school massacre is recommending that teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training be allowed to carry concealed guns on campus to stop future shootings.Read more »
By DEEPTI HAJELA and JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) 12/10 — Outrage built Monday over a video showing police officers violently yanking a toddler from his mother’s arms at a Brooklyn food stamp office,
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) 11/30 — “Operation Police Navidad” is underway in Pensacola, where police officers are handing out $50 gift cards to people they see doing good deeds.Read more »
By DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) 11/28 — Baltimore filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against the Trump administration alleging that “unlawful” efforts altering a State Department policy are restricting visa applicants and deterring law-abiding immigrants from claiming public assistance.
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) 11/29 — U.S. Border Patrol agents near Tijuana, Mexico, faced a choice as they looked out over the chaos at a crowd of migrants that included rock-throwing men as well as barefoot children: Do they respond with force — and,
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 11/28 — Tyson Timbs plunked down about $40,000 on a new white Land Rover in 2013. He spent the remaining $30,000 or so of the life-insurance money he received after his father’s death on heroin.
By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) 11/27 — President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexico border to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers and barefoot,
By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) 11/21 — The sheriff leading the state commission investigating Florida’s high school massacre says he now believes trained,
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Crime is down in Atlantic City, and police are crediting several factors including technology that helps them monitor high-crime areas and identify potential risks.Read more »
By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) 11/13 — Two students told investigators they reported the Florida high school shooting suspect to an administrator for making threats but felt they were not taken seriously,
By DAVID PORTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) 11/09 — A man charged with killing three people in Missouri this month should have faced deportation proceedings after he was arrested last year for a separate offense in New Jersey,
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) 09/27 — A man with a violent criminal history who was deported six times had no outstanding warrants when questioned last month about the disappearance of his aunt and so he was released,
LOS ANGELES (AP) 09/18 — California prisons and jails should do more to protect guards from inmates who fling bodily fluids in so-called “gassing” attacks,
By JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 08/23 — A police dog handler has been suspended without pay for five days but won’t face criminal charges after his dog was left in a police vehicle for more than six hours and died from the South Carolina heat,
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) 08/02 — A decorated Vietnam War veteran woke up to the sound of his front door crashing in and saw a naked intruder attack his grandson,
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) 07/31 — A Mexican man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Monday for illegally re-entering the United States after being deported at least 11 times,
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) 07/28 — A grand jury’s refusal to indict a former Las Vegas police officer for using an unapproved chokehold in the death of an unarmed man last year drew anguished tears Friday from the dead man’s mother and complaints from civil rights groups.
By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) 07/15 — The state commission investigating the Florida high school massacre is learning about what happened before,
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 07/12 — An embattled FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages exposed the Justice Department to claims of institutional bias launched a vigorous defense Thursday at an extraordinary congressional hearing that devolved into shouting matches,
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 07/04 — A 2012 internal investigation found that 48 Florida state employees made mistakes in issuing permits for concealed weapons,