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2012's Biggest Box Office Star Is...

The Huffington Post | Hannah Orenstein | Posted 05.31.2012

2012's biggest box office star isn't a hunky celebrity or a blonde bombshell -- it's the bow and arrow. Suddenly, everyone, from princesses to superhe...

Father And Son Die In Thornton Shooting

Posted 05.10.2012

Thornton Police are investigating a Tuesday morning shooting that has claimed the lives of a father and his 4-year-old son. The father, 30-year-ol...

Police Believe Neo-Nazi killed 4, Himself

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 05.05.2012

PHOENIX — The U.S. Border Guard was among the last known groups of armed civilians actively patrolling the Arizona desert on the lookout for ill...

Police: Armored Gunman Kills 5 In Arizona

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 05.04.2012

GILBERT, Ariz. — Many considered Jason Todd Ready to be the most high-profile neo-Nazi in Arizona. He led groups of heavily armed civilians into...

73-Year-Old Man Killed Over High School Grudge, Police Claim

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 05.01.2012

MADISON, S.D. -- A 73-year-old South Dakota man accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate will plead guilty but mentally ill to a second-degr...

Police Arrest Two Suspects For Deadly Oklahoma Shootings

AP | JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | Posted 04.09.2012

TULSA, Okla. — Two men were arrested Sunday in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's black community, and police...

Party Runs Out Of Beer: 1 Dead, 7 Injured In Gruesome Melee

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.27.2012

One person was killed and seven others injured amid shootings and stabbings at a girl's birthday party -- all because the house ran out of beer, polic...

Officials: Student Shot To Death At Mississippi State University

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Sunday expressed his sorrow at the shooting deaths of two college students in the state over...

Tire Store Shooting Leaves 2 Dead

AP | Posted 03.23.2012

DURHAM, N.C. -- Authorities say they are searching for a gunman who walked into a North Carolina tire store and shot four people, killing two and leav...

Gunfire, Explosions Heard Outside Alleged France Shooter's Hideout

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2012

TOULOUSE/PARIS, France, March 22 (Reuters) - French police tried to flush out a 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al...

Standing Ground in Sanford

Gideon Resnick | Posted 05.21.2012

Gideon Resnick

What is more shocking than the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is that a statute of Florida law, referred to as "Stand your Ground," precluded the shooter from facing immediate legal repercussions.

Trymaine Lee

Trayvon Martin Case Salts Old Wounds, Raises Racial Ire

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.14.2012

When Bill Lee Jr. took over as police chief in Sanford, Fla., last May, he promised to polish the force’s image and clean up an agency that had lost...

Girl With Autism Fatally Shot 7-Year-Old Brother

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 05.13.2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A 9-year-old girl was responsible for the shooting death of her 7-year-old brother at the family's Arkansas apartment while ...

2 People Killed In Shooting At Psychiatric Clinic

AP | KEVIN BEGOS and JOE MANDAK | Posted 05.08.2012

PITTSBURGH — A man armed with two semiautomatic handguns entered the lobby of a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday a...

Washington State Trooper Shot, Killed At Routine Traffic Stop

AP | GENE JOHNSON and DOUG ESSER | Posted 04.24.2012

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Washington State Patrol trooper was gunned down at a traffic stop early Thursday, and the suspect – an ex-con with...

No Charges For 9-year-old Accused Of Shooting Teen

Posted 04.08.2012

UPDATE: Detroit cops said today that no charges would be filed against the 9-year-old boy suspected of shooting a 15-year-old this weekend, according ...

WATCH: Man Shoots Up Laundromat's Change Machine

Posted 03.21.2012

Florida's new crime trend? Violence against machines. Yesterday we wrote about a man who attacked a Starbucks coffee machine with a hammer. Today ...

Fatal Texas shooting highlights struggle to regulate replica guns

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 03.14.2012

The Center for Public Integrity

By Susan Ferriss, iWatch NewsThe fatal police shooting earlier this month of a Texas middle school student clutching a BB gun -- the latest in a se...

Apparent Murder-Suicide Of Couple Who Lost Kids In Fatal Car Accident

Posted 03.10.2012

Late Sunday night, 69-year-old Jorge Astacio shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, according to Miami-Dade police. The apparent ...

'Shattered' Family Mourn New Year's Day Shooting Victims (VIDEO)

Posted 01.04.2012

Family members of three women brutally murdered by a suicidal shooter say they are "shattered" following the New Year's Day incident. On Sunday, Mi...

Infamous 'Sanctuary City' Triple Murder Trial Begins This Week

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.04.2012

Jury selection began today in the triple murder trial of an undocumented immigrant whose story ignited a firestorm of controversy around San Francisco...

Man Shot In Head Survives After Crashing Into Hialeah Funeral Home

Posted 03.04.2012

On Monday night, Hialeah police were called to an incident at Jerry and Joe's Pizzeria at 4799 Palm Avenue in Hialeah. Around 5 p.m., a male was i...

Police: 9 Shot At Tenn. Nightclub Christmas Party

AP | Posted 12.25.2011

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Authorities say nine people were shot when a fight broke out at a Chattanooga nightclub, where some 400 teens and adults were at...

Husband Charged As Accessory To Shooting Caught On iPhone

Posted 02.15.2012

The husband of the Tamarac grandmother arrested for shooting her son-in-law has been charged with accessory after the fact. Sheldon Hepner, 68, is...

PHOTOS: Grenade Attack In Belgium Market

Posted 12.14.2011

A grenade and gun attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege left five people dead, including the attacker, and 119 wounded on Dec. 13, 2011. A 23...