FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Tommy Curry was driving up N.C. 87 toward Sanford on Tuesday afternoon when he spotted an opaque white bag the size of a small pig in the middle of his lane. He slowed to get a better...

WASHINGTON -- Starting next year, adult rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Investigators gingerly peeled back the brittle lining of the small caskets buried a century ago in a Forest Park cemetery, revealing the remains of three children -- orange-stained ribs, leg bones, pieces of skull. They were jarringly mingled...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Psst: The new crime nexus is ... manhole covers. The latest targets in the metal-theft epidemic, four covers vanished from the streets of Berkeley last month; hundreds are AWOL in Philadelphia, Atlanta, and elsewhere. At one hundred-plus...

Child sex offenders are a diverse group. But many of them share something in common--something investigators can use to give these offenders permission to confess.

Law enforcement officers in DC and the rest of the country will be observing Police Week until Friday. May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day under Public Law 103-222, enacted in 1994. The flag of the United States...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Police officers have responded to more shootings in two violent San Francisco neighborhoods after the installation of sophisticated sound sensors that detect gunfire, according to a city analysis released Monday. The analysis by the Mayor's Office of...

NEW YORK -- A congressional committee yesterday heard civil rights crusaders, academics and frustrated Sean Bell supporters demand a massive overhaul to police departments in New York and nationwide to end excessive force deaths. "This is not a New York...

LOS ANGELES -- Riverside County sheriff's deputies shot and killed two people Monday evening after a running gun battle in which the suspects opened fire on guards outside the entrance to a San Jacinto Indian reservation and shot at a...

ISLANDIA, An international computer hacking gang broke into the computerized cash registers electronically at the Dave and Buster's restaurant in Islandia and stole credit card information of more than 5,000 customers - starting a flood of at least $600,000 worth...