A series of police pursuits have led to at least eight deaths around the country in less than a week amid calls by some law enforcement experts to curb risky high speed chases
April 06, 2026
These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back
April 05, 2026
Florida International University has launched an investigation into a group chat linked to a local GOP official that included violent racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language
March 07, 2026
Criminal investigators hoping to develop a suspect are turning to a powerful cyber tool by asking Google to disclose who had been searching for relevant information
February 23, 2026
Both Prohibition and current mass deportation efforts were hastily built, staffed by people permitted to use force, and had difficult objectives to achieve.
February 20, 2026
Blood drive honors deputies killed 10 years ago
February 11, 2026
Federal judge blocks California’s law enforcement mask ban
February 10, 2026
A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorized scooter, causing a crash that killed the driver, says he was trying to protect other officers from being injured
February 03, 2026
Kid e-biker gang on trail allegedly assaults man and his daughter
February 02, 2026
With the eyes of a nation upon it, the Minnesota immigration enforcement effort has tested a local newsroom in the midst of a digital transformation — and it hasn't left the local journalists overmatched
February 01, 2026
Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.
January 29, 2026
Man accused of trafficking runaway teen after offering her food
January 27, 2026
How Gregory Bovino became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown
January 25, 2026
Man charged with murder after confessing to stabbing boyfriend, dumping body in park
January 22, 2026
1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, source says, as state mobilizes National Guard
January 18, 2026
A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."
January 14, 2026
Supreme Court backs Montana police who entered a home without warrant for emergency
January 14, 2026
Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate
January 12, 2026
June dragging incident could have influenced ICE officer during fatal Minneapolis shooting, experts say. Only he knows
January 10, 2026
The wife of the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis says the couple had stopped their car to support their neighbors and they had whistles, while the masked agents had guns
January 09, 2026
Uniontown swears in its first-ever woman police chief
January 06, 2026
Minnesota State Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn joins The Lead.
January 02, 2026
A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New Year’s celebrations
December 30, 2025
In the 4 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, 2021, at the height of the fighting that day outside the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump had already breached several entrances and forced lawmakers to flee both the House and Senate, stopping the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory
December 23, 2025
Deputies searching for 3 "armed and dangerous" inmates on the run after escaping the DeKalb County Jail
December 22, 2025
Officials say a man who is suspected in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility
December 18, 2025
Remains found in 1988 identified as missing Toppenish woman after 38 years
December 18, 2025
Suspect shot by deputy in standoff after pointing crossbow, sheriff says
December 16, 2025
Tucson traffic stop yields $5.5M in fentanyl — more than 1 million pills
December 12, 2025
First group of K9 units certified to detect pure fentanyl
December 09, 2025
He arrested her for OVI. 10 years later, their friendship keeps her sober.
December 08, 2025
Hardware purchases and location data: How the FBI says it made an arrest in the DC pipe bomb case, nearly five years later
December 05, 2025
The FBI has arrested a man accused of placing two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack
December 04, 2025
Former deputy kills 11-year-old son, is fatally shot after I-5 chase, officials say
December 03, 2025
The handgun used in the ambush of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday was a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S.
November 27, 2025
The Swedish government has pledged to combat the sale of childlike sex dolls online
November 28, 2025
A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests
November 24, 2025
Chicago will not apply for federal community violence intervention grants after the Trump administration reshaped the program to focus on law enforcement and immigration,
November 21, 2025
Former Jonesboro officer gets 30 days after video shows him beating handcuffed inmate
November 20, 2025
Trump administration sues to stop California’s law enforcement mask ban
November 18, 2025
Ukrainian strike sets fire to an oil refinery in southern Russia
Iraq arrests politicians and government officials in anti-corruption crackdown
BIS says debt, AI boom and fragilities raise global risks
Israel damaged heritage sites across south Lebanon, minister says
France records 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave
Heatwave watch: smart tech helps keep Rome's elderly safe
Google limits Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models, FT reports
Russell starts on pole for Austrian Grand Prix aiming to reignite F1 title challenge
Inside country legend Alan Jackson's triumphant finale concert
Austria, Algeria trade goals in stoppage time, both advance at World Cup with stunning 3-3 draw