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Former Border Patrol union head denies fraud
The former, longtime national leader of the union representing Border Patrol agents on Friday called a federal indictment alleging that he siphoned ...
S. African leader vows probe into police shootings
President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit Friday and announced an official inquiry into a police shooting of striking miners that left ...
Norway police chief quits amid massacre criticism
Norway's chief of police has stepped down following scathing criticism of the police's bungled response to a bomb and gun massacre that left 77 dead ...
2 sheriff's deputies dead, 2 hurt in La. shootout
Two sheriff's deputies in Louisiana were shot to death and two others were injured in an early-morning shootout west of New Orleans, authorities said ...
South African police shoot, kill striking miners
South African police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of striking miners that charged a line of officers trying to disperse them, killing some and ...
Security guard credited for thwarting DC shooting
A man who had been a volunteer at a community center for gays walked into the lobby of a conservative political organization, made a negative comment ...
Officials: Man criticized group before DC shooting
A Virginia man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a social conservative lobbying group on Wednesday ...
FBI: Man in Ireland charged with Pitt bomb threats
A founding member of a Scottish terror group was indicted Wednesday on charges he emailed bomb threats that disrupted campus life and forced the ...
Family: Texas shootout gunman had mental illness
In the months leading up to Monday's shootout near Texas A&M University that killed three, gunman Thomas Alton Caffall III had cut off contact with ...
Farm subsidies, FBI, air controllers face big cuts
Come January, be prepared for fewer air traffic controllers, FBI agents, border patrol officers and park rangers, as well as lower farm and winter ...
Officer, gunman among 3 killed in Texas shootings
A deadly shootout erupted Monday near the Texas A&M University campus when a man being brought an eviction notice opened fire on a Texas law ...
Family of Texas gunman 'distraught' by his 'havoc'
The sister of a gunman who was among three people killed in a shootout at a home near Texas A&M says her family is "just distraught by the havoc he ...
JFK security is breached by man who swam ashore
In an era when airline passengers can't get past a checkpoint with a bottle of shampoo, security experts were shocked Monday by the case of a man who ...
Flaws in Norway massacre response uncovered
A year after a far-right militant's bomb and gun attacks exposed flaws in Norway's terror preparedness, police are being criticized for failing to ...
Egypt: 3 policemen killed in car accident in Sinai
Egypt's state news agency MENA says three policemen have been killed and four others injured when their car turned over while chasing a group of ...
US withholds funds to Honduran police
The U.S. government is withholding funds to Honduran law enforcement units directly supervised by their new national police chief until the U.S.
Police embrace emerging social media tool
Minutes after a shooting near the Oakland Airport this year, the gunman was on the loose. And police Sgt. Chris Bolton quickly fired off a flurry of ...
Afghan policeman kills 10 fellow policemen
An Afghan police officer killed at least 10 of his fellow officers on Saturday, a day after six U.S. service members were gunned down by their Afghan ...
Border agents accused in smuggling ring convicted
Two former Border Patrol agents were found guilty Friday of smuggling hundreds of people into the U.S. in Border Patrol vehicles. Raul and Fidel ...
Gunmen attack police station in Egypt's Sinai
Gunmen sprayed a police station in Egypt's Sinai with bullets Thursday, setting off a brief firefight with policemen before speeding away in their ...
Demoted policeman sues over Sheen escort in DC
A D.C. police captain who was demoted after actor Charlie Sheen received a police escort to his comedy show last year has filed a multi-million dollar ...
FBI: Temple gunman shot himself; still no motive
There's no trial to prepare, no jury to persuade, no judge to hand down a sentence. Wade Michael Page is dead, having shot himself in the head after ...
NATO airstrike kills Haqqani leader
NATO forces killed a local commander for the Haqqani insurgent group in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance said Monday.
Officials: 2 attacks kill 4 policemen in Iraq
Four policemen were killed in two separate attacks in Iraq on Sunday in the latest strikes by insurgents against security forces, officials said.