United States of America Conflict & Tragedy News

William and Linda White wept Friday when a jury found former Lakewood Ranch High quarterback Timothy Brooks guilty of shooting their son to death during a robbery. It was closure of a painful 18 months since the Whites lost 19-year-old...

A man charged with looting the house of a Northern California family that died in a car crash insists he didn't know about the tragedy at the time. Twenty-six-year-old Michael Gutierrez apologized in an interview Thursday with The Press-Democrat of...

Wis. — Police say the fatal shooting of a mother and her young daughter may be connected to the deaths of another woman and her child found within hours in the same southern Wisconsin county. Madison police say in a...

Chief Charlie Beck sworn in, for a second time, in ceremony at headquarters The department's 56th leader was officially sworn in a few weeks ago. Thursday as newly appointed Chief Charlie Beck was sworn in to office -- for a...

A local man faces three felony charges after being accused of robbing an Indiana bank on Tuesday...Sutton, 23, of Tilton was arrested by Tilton police and Vermilion County sheriff’s investigators just before 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of...

Officials said Banda "aggressed" the officers, which resulted in shots being fired by police. The suspect died at the scene. "I'm very confident the officers reacted the way they're trained," Caldwell Police Chief Chris Allgood said. "It's tough for me...

Congress must do more to ensure immigrants facing deportation have access to all the benefits of the legal system, Human Rights Watch said. The rights advocacy group in an 88-page report on the practices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs...