Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 7:23 AM EDT2013-05-20 11:23:00 GMT
Nearly three-dozen people will needed to be tested after a former high school student in Charlotte tested positive for Tuberculosis (TB). According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg school officials, a formerMore >>
Nearly three-dozen people will needed to be tested after a former high school student in Charlotte tested positive for Tuberculosis (TB).More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:16:53 GMT
One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass County.More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-20 01:32:56 GMT
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One person was seriously injured after two tractor trailers collided on the interstate in Charlotte, forcing the road to be shut down for a time.More >>
One person was seriously injured after two tractor trailers collided on the interstate in Charlotte, forcing the road to be shut down for a time.More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
RAW VIDEO: A flight from L.A. to New York City made an emergency landing in Kansas City after an unruly passenger belted out Whitney Houston songs and disrupted the flight.More >>
RAW VIDEO: A flight from L.A. to New York City made an emergency landing in Kansas City after an unruly passenger belted out Whitney Houston songs and disrupted the flight.More >>
Arizona Senate and House committees have approved an emergency request from Gov. Jan Brewer to hire 50 new Child Protective Services workers.
Wednesday's unanimous votes in the appropriations committees provide $4.4 million so the overwhelmed agency can begin hiring the new workers immediately. The bills now go to the full Senate and House for consideration Thursday.
Brewer is also asking the Legislature for $67 million for 150 more CPS workers, foster care and other new child protection spending for the budget year beginning July 1.
CPS has seen a 32 percent increase in abuse reports since 2009 and the number of children in out-of-home care has increased by 40 percent. But the agency also saw staffing cuts when budgets were cut during the recession.
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