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MONROVIA, Ind. – A central Indiana man wanted on a probation violation has been rescued by firefighters after he became wedged inside a wall of his home while trying to hide from police. Officials say Steven Shuler was trying to avoid arrest Monday when he squeezed down a narrow hole …

A live stick of dynamite was accidentally left on an old plane at an airport museum for four days, a law enforcement officer at Los Angeles International Airport said Thursday. The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak …

GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police say a man strangled a woman and her two children with a dog lead in a northern Michigan trailer then used it to hang himself from a TV antenna outside the home. State police on Tuesday released details about Saturday’s deaths in Oscoda County’s Greenwood …

A suspect who authorities say shot and wounded a female San Diego police officer was shot and killed by police after a freeway chase ended in a shootout Sunday morning. Police said the five-year veteran was shot in the upper torso and was in stable condition at a local hospital. …

A former Gary police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to violating a handcuffed man’s civil rights by using excessive force while arresting him. A U.S. District Court judge in Hammond sentenced Terry Peck to one year and one day in prison followed …

Two people were killed and three were wounded when shots were fired early Sunday during an argument at a gathering at an Oklahoma home, police said. Tulsa police said officers were called to the home at about 2 a.m. Police have not said how many people fired weapons or whether …

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector said Sunday it is pausing social media as the agency deals with a surge of migrants at the border. Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin said all Tucson Sector Border Patrol social media accounts will be paused “until further notice” in light of the …

An Indiana couple died Sunday when their single-engine plane crashed in western Michigan after taking off from an airport near Ludington, authorities said. The plane crashed and caught fire about 10 a.m. near the Mason County Airport, killing a 43-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man, both from Indiana, and their …

The prison stabbing of George Floyd’s convicted killer, the disgraced ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, was a predictable attack on a high-profile target at obvious odds with many of his fellow inmates, according to experts. Meanwhile, Chauvin’s mother blasted federal authorities on Facebook Monday, days after paramedics rushed her son to …

The former owner of a Michigan dam is on the hook for roughly $120 million sought by the state for environmental damage when the structure failed after days of rain in 2020, a judge said. But it’s not known how the state will ever collect: Lee Mueller has filed for …