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South Carolina law enforcement shot and killed a dentist early Friday morning outside of a strip club, according to a local coroner. Officers responded to a 12:40 a.m. call that a man later identified as Matthew Edward Healey, 57, had fired shots while carrying multiple guns in the parking lot …

An Indianapolis police officer fatally shot a man early Tuesday after he led officers on a pursuit following a domestic violence call and then exited his vehicle holding a handgun, police said. Officers were called to Indianapolis’ south side about 3 a.m. after getting a phone call from a woman …

Five people were wounded in a shooting that was initially described as an “active shooter situation” at Morgan State University Tuesday night as students were celebrating the university’s homecoming week. Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said university police were patrolling the campus at 9:25 p.m. Tuesday when officers heard shots …

Two Florida parents are facing child abuse charges after one of their 3-month-old twins died Thursday and the other child was found with “severe injuries,” police said. Quentin Smith, 23, is charged with aggravated child abuse, child neglect with great bodily injury, and domestic battery, the Cocoa Police Department said. …

An Amtrak passenger train crashed into an SUV in southeastern Vermont, killing the SUV’s driver and injuring his passenger, authorities said. The state police said 53-year-old Craig Hudson, of Brattleboro, died in the crash Friday in Vernon, a town of about 2,000 people that borders New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His …

The University of Notre Dame has temporarily halted its study abroad program in Jerusalem, and has moved its students to other “International locations” amid the escalating war between Israeli forces and Hamas, officials said Tuesday. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, said the school has suspended its study abroad program …

Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer announced that he and his wife are resigning from the Harvard Kennedy School’s executive board because of the school president’s response to a student letter that blamed Israel for the terrorist attack on their country. Ofer released a statement explaining that he and his wife, Batia, …

A Texas man “took matters into his own hands” after his ex-wife’s girlfriend broke his window, chasing them at high speeds down the highway before shooting his former partner dead and punching the other woman so hard she needed reconstructive surgery, prosecutors said. Allen Dale Edwards,44, was sentenced Tuesday to …

A man accused of possessing enough fentanyl to kill more than 140,000 people was recently arrested in Georgia. The opioids were found along with other drugs during a seizure by the Johns Creek and Forsyth County Drug Task Force, which led to the Nov. 3 arrest of 65-year-old James Hall …

WILSON, N.C. – The crew of a truck carrying a load of gold bars had just pulled off the interstate in North Carolina when, the two men told police, a seemingly ordinary episode of carsickness turned into a multimillion-dollar heist. On Wednesday, authorities said they were suspicious that the roadside …