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The Wendy’s location where Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, was shot and killed by police Friday in Atlanta was set on fire Saturday night after a day of peaceful protests.

Minneapolis police have for years required officers to intervene when they see colleagues using unreasonable force. But that didn’t save George Floyd and experts say such rules will always run up against police culture and fear of being branded a “rat.”

An Ohio-based restaurant chain’s decision to close several locations after a group of employees refused to fulfill an order for law enforcement officers has been met with both praise and criticism from customers.

Increasing numbers of police officers and civilian law enforcement staff are getting sick as the number of coronavirus cases explodes across the U.S. And the growing tally raises questions about how laws can and should be enforced during the pandemic, and about how departments will hold up as the virus spreads among the ranks of those whose work puts them...

A golden retriever leaped into the waters off Long Island during a morning walk over the weekend and, after a furious swim, returned with a drowning fawn in its mouth, its owner says.

A man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff that lasted more than seven hours has surrendered to police.

Lawsuits and other public records reveal that a small group of Vallejo police officers are connected to most use of force incidents.

Lawsuits and other public records reveal that a small group of Vallejo police officers are connected to most use of force incidents. Senior investigative reporter Stephen Stock reports.

A woman who allegedly threatened to kill her family was shot by a police officer in San Jose Thursday morning and has died, a police spokesman said.

Oakland police officials allege some protestors pepper-sprayed and pushed officers this evening during an anti-police march that started in downtown Oakland this evening and has now moved into Berkeley.

An NBC Bay Area investigation discovered pay outs on 45 different lawsuits filed against the State of California involving 51 CHP officers, 35 of whom were still on the payroll through 2015

Machine gun fire answers rock-throwing protesters. Motorcycle-riding Revolutionary Guard volunteers chase after demonstrators. Plainclothes security forces grab, beat and drag a man off the street to an uncertain fate. As Iran restores the internet after a weeklong government-imposed shutdown, new videos purport to show the demonstrations over gasoline prices rising and the security-force crackdown that followed. The videos offer only...

The number of police officer suicides continues to rise, with 201 such cases in 2019, according to the nonprofit Blue HELP. It’s the highest rate in at least four years.

A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded while responding to a home invasion on Detroit’s West Side, authorities announced late Wednesday. The officers were searching the home for a suspect when they were shot, Police Chief James Craig said. An 18-year veteran of Detroit Police was shot in the neck with a high-powered rifle, Craig said. The...

A settlement has been reached in a civil rights lawsuit in Palo Alto after a violent arrest in February 2018 involving a gay man who alleged officers used excessive force and mocked his homosexuality.

Brenda Betteridge closes her eyes, takes a breath, and pulls the trigger. She nails the gunman. “One more. Put it in the head,” a police officer instructed her, as she fired away at the cardboard prop representing a gunman. Betteridge is one of the dozens of teachers and other school administrators undergoing active shooting training with the Utah County Sheriff’s...

Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight. The musician said he was met by police at Sydney Airport on Saturday after an incident with an “overly aggressive flight attendant” who he says was upset with him because he couldn’t hear her through...

Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his supporters say raises serious doubt about his guilt. The stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had recommended delaying the lethal...

A vehicle collision involving a police officer on I-680 just north of Hwy. 101 in San Jose has blocked all northbound lanes, according to CHP.

The superintendent of the East Side Union High School District said he has seen a spike in gang fights and is mobilizing all resources to put an end to them. And that includes recruiting San Jose city experts to help out.