PHILADELPHIA -- Antonio Coulter apparently had a grudge against Police Officer Richard Decoatsworth because of a street stop last year, so when he saw Decoatsworth a month later, he shot the cop in the face. A hefty Coulter, 20, pleaded...

NEW YORK -- With federal officials still reviewing the case, the NYPD yesterday filed internal disciplinary charges against seven officers in the Sean Bell shooting. The move came with the U.S. Justice Department still considering federal civil rights charges against...

CHICAGO -- A Chicago police officer was charged with shoplifting in south suburban Chicago Ridge after department store security guards stopped her from leaving with clothing she allegedly had not bought, police said. Carie A. Hooker, a police officer for...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A firearms instructor in southern Massachusetts has been assigned to other duties after his gun accidentally went off while he was teaching a class on weapons safety. Officials say the Glock handgun discharged while Maj. Donald...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The city of Oakland agreed Tuesday to pay $100,000 to a 19-year-old man who was left a quadriplegic after he was shot by a police officer who has been involved in two fatal shootings. Ameir Rollins was...

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's police commissioner said Monday that four officers will be fired and four others disciplined for their roles in the beatings of three shooting suspects, an encounter that was captured on videotape and drew widespread outrage.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has upheld criminal penalties for promoting child pornography.The court, in a 7-2 decision, is brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or innocent e-mails that...

LOS ANGELES -- Seemingly defiant to the end, a former Los Angeles police officer convicted of participating in a home invasion-style robbery ring declined Monday to address a federal judge moments before sentencing, an opportunity many defendants use to plead...

PANAMINT SPRINGS, Calif. -- Spooky rumors have persisted for decades that there are clandestine graves at a secluded ranch used as a hide-out by the Charles Manson clan after a 1969 killing rampage. Today, Inyo County sheriff's investigators and scientists...

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police announced yesterday that they will arrest a man they believe to be the so-called foot-fetish rapist - who is now jailed in a state prison - in connection with a string of sexual attacks on women...