3 officers dead, 3 hurt in Baton Rouge shooting
Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe…
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Turkey quashes coup; Erdogan vows ‘heavy price’ for plotters
By SUZAN FRASER and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL Pouring out into the streets, forces loyal to Turkey’s president quashed a coup attempt in a night and day of explosions, air battles and…
Funerals Wednesday for 3 of 5 slain Dallas police officers
Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas. Funerals will be held Wednesday for Dallas Police Sr.…
Protests of police killings: Dozens of arrests in Louisiana
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA SANTANA Officers stared down hundreds protesting against police killings near a ramp leading to an interstate in Louisiana’s capital Sunday night before another squad in…
Friend or foe? Open-carry law poses challenge to police
By LISA MARIE PANE Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown…
Police agencies on edge, on guard amid heightened threats
By GREG SCHREIER Police agencies across the U.S. are on edge and on guard after receiving threats and calls for violence against them on social media in the aftermath of…
Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Baton Rouge protest
By REBECCA SANTANA A prominent Black Lives Matter activist was one of several people arrested Saturday night during an often-tense protest in Louisiana that included a contingent of hundreds of…
Dallas suspect scrawled letters in blood at parking garage
REESE DUNKLIN and JULIET LINDERMAN The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police officers scrawled letters in his own blood on the walls of the parking garage where officers…