Arlington, TX – The incoming leader of the Massachusetts Police Association (MPA) was suspended by his department on Tuesday for the rhetoric he used in a recent newsletter. Arlington Police Lieutenant Rick Pedrini was placed on paid administrative leave on Oct. 30 for columns he wrote for The Sentinel, the police advocacy organization’s internal publication, […]

Houston, TX – Harris County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a 17-year-old motorist on Wednesday evening, after the teen led them on a pursuit and then shot at them. The incident began at approximately 3:50 p.m., when the unnamed teenage driver sped around a school bus that had stopped to let students out on Stuebner Airline […]

Yosemite National Park, CA – A travel blogger who lectured others on the risks of taking dangerous selfies died along with her husband while taking a selfie at a popular yet dangerous cliff in Yosemite National Park. The couple died at the same spot where an engagement photo was taken at Taft Point that went […]

Portland, OR – Police released surveillance video that captured the police shooting of an armed gang member on the same day the grand jury ruled the officers were justified in their use of deadly force (video below). Portland officers from the Central Precinct and the Gang Enforcement Team were patrolling the downtown entertainment district when […]

St. Louis County, MO – Terrifying video was posted to social media of a school administrator being attacked on Monday after he tried to break up a fight in a St. Louis County school (video below). St. Louis County police said a fight broke out in the Oakville High School cafeteria at about 7:10 a.m. […]

Wasilla, AK – Alaska State Troopers K9 Blazer died during emergency gastric torsion surgery on Oct. 19, according to his department. Alaska State Trooper Daron Cooper rushed his partner, K9 Blazer, to a veterinarian after he began “showing signs of quickly deteriorating health,” the Alaska State Troopers said in a Facebook post. The six-year-old Belgian […]

St. Louis, MO – The mother of a four-year-old boy who was forced to participate in a daycare “fight club” has filed a lawsuit against the school where it happened (video below). Nicole Lashley was at work on Dec. 7, 2016, and her three children were at Adventure Learning Center, when she received a text […]

Piedmont, AL – Piedmont Police Department Officer Kevin Blue passed away on Oct. 27, following a battle with an inoperable form of brain cancer. Officer Blue, 51, was diagnosed with Stage IV glioblastoma in July, after he began experiencing memory problems, The Birmingham News reported. When the six-year department veteran was given six months to […]