Mark Berman

A marquee at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino displays a message in tribute to the victims of the recent mass shooting on Oct. 8, 2017, in Las Vegas. The marquees at resorts all along the Las Vegas Strip displayed the message "When things get dark, Las Vegas shines." after they went dark at 10:05 p.m. for 11 minutes Sunday night, marking the time and duration one week ago of the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.

Las Vegas gunman shot security guard before opening fire on concertgoers, police say

August 22, 2019 at 6:13 a.m.

Authorities investigating the Las Vegas massacre on Monday expressed irritation that after eight days, they have still not determined why a gunman opened fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people and...

Sessions orders Justice Department review of all police reform agreements

August 22, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not work against the...

FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 1, 2016.

FBI director: We have no idea if there’s ‘an epidemic of police violence against black people’

August 22, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

FBI Director James B. Comey told a gathering of police chiefs that despite a wave of protests prompted by fatal police shootings of black men and boys, "Americans actually have...

New Hampshire troopers charged with assault after video shows them punching driver

August 22, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Authorities in New Hampshire said that they had arrested two state troopers and charged them with assault for their actions during a violent arrest captured on video earlier this year.The...

Beverly Blakes, the aunt of fallen Baton Rouge, La., police officer Montrell Jackson, hugs Kedrick Pitts, Jackson's half-brother, after visiting Jackson's mother in Baton Rouge, on July 17, 2016. Jackson was one of the three officers who were fatally shot earlier in the day.

Baton Rouge officers ‘targeted and assassinated,’ police say

August 22, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Authorities said Monday that they believe the gunman who opened fire in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a day earlier, killing three police officers and injuring three others before he was fatally...

Community members pray during interfaith prayer event June 8, 2016, in Dallas, for the victims of the shooting that killed 5 police officers and wounded 7 others.

Dallas police chief: ‘We’re all on edge’

August 22, 2019 at 12:08 a.m.

The emotional aftershocks from the nation's recent spate of fatal shootings by and of police intensified Monday, with the Dallas police chief revealing that he and his family have received...

FBI: ‘Simply too early’ to say if anything valuable is on San Bernardino iPhone

June 21, 2019 at 3:51 a.m.

After a protracted and very public dispute between the FBI and Apple, federal authorities said last week that investigators were able to access a locked iPhone used by one of...

In this Oct. 9, 2014, file photo, Department of Corrections officials look through a window from the witness room at right, outside the newly renovated death chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla.

U.S. executions down in 2015, but nation remains in global top five

June 22, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

Capital punishment continued its steady decline in the United States last year, with death sentences and executions dropping to levels unseen for decades. But despite this shift, the country remains...

Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo, left, and one of his attorneys, Fernando Mack, listen during closing arguments in Brelo's voluntary manslaughter trial on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

Six Cleveland police officers fired for fatal ‘137 shots’ car chase in 2012

June 23, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

Authorities in Cleveland on Tuesday said they were firing six police officers involved in a 2012 chase that began with officers mistaking the sound of a car backfiring for gunshots...

Officials: San Bernardino shooters pledged allegiance to the Islamic State

May 18, 2019 at 1:34 a.m.

Federal authorities believe that the Facebook posting from one of the attackers who killed 14 people here last week was made on behalf of both shooters, according to several senior...

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