Rifles on campus: College security forces add firepower
By COLLIN BINKLEY Once a rarity on campuses, semi-automatic rifles are becoming a standard part of the arsenal for college security forces — firepower they say could make a difference…
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American Muslims decry Cruz community surveillance comments
By JEFF KAROUB Some American Muslims feel they are once again on the defensive following presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s suggestion that Muslim-dominated neighborhoods should be subject to increased surveillance in…
How Chicago racked up a $662 million police misconduct bill
By SHARON COHEN In this city’s troubled history of police misconduct, Eric Caine’s case may be unrivaled: It took more than 25 years and $10 million to resolve. For decades,…
Grand jury: 2 bishops hid sex abuse of hundreds of children
By JOE MANDAK Two Catholic bishops who led a small Pennsylvania diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 priests and other religious…
Pentagon says employee is suspect in killings
By BEN NUCKOLS and MATTHEW BARAKAT An Army staff sergeant assigned to the Pentagon was arrested on murder and other charges in the death of a police officer and another…
1 officer dead, 3 wounded in Mississippi shooting
One law enforcement officer was killed and three were injured early Saturday after an hourslong standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said. Also killed was the man…
2 deputies wounded, suspect dead in shopping center shootout
By JULIET LINDERMAN A man shot a sheriff’s deputy in the head inside a crowded restaurant at lunchtime Wednesday and wounded another deputy during a shootout, authorities and witnesses said.…
Ferguson is defiant again in deal with Justice Department
By JIM SALTER and ERIC TUCKER Defiance has often defined Ferguson in the 18 months since a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown and provoked an examination of how poor…