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Three Washington teens were arrested Friday after following a woman home and carjacking her at gunpoint, authorities said Monday. Deputies responded around 7:30 p.m. to the armed carjacking in Spanaway, a community located about 14 miles south of Tacoma, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. The 50-year-old victim told deputies …

Days after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida and left a trail of destruction, the full extent of the powerful storm’s damage was not yet known as of Monday. In some areas of hard-hit Florida, danger still lingered in the storm’s wake. Hundreds of thousands remained without power and severe …

An Arizona man arrived at a hotel for what he believed was a Tinder date, but it turned out to be an armed robbery in which a couple stole his personal belongings and thousands of dollars. Jose Sandoval Jaquez, 32, and Crystal Hulsey, 33, were arrested in connection with the …

Funeral arrangements have been set for slain FDNY EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling.  A wake will be held on Monday and Tuesday in Commack, New York, on her native Long Island.  The funeral for the World Trade Center first responder and 25-year-veteran of FDNY EMS will take place at the Tilles …

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) says human smuggling attempts by aircraft are becoming more common in the border state. Over the last 30 days, Texas DPS has stopped three human smuggling attempts via plane at different airports in the same area of the Rio Grande Valley, according to …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will allow past offenders to seal their criminal records. SB-731, which was approved by the governor last week, will automatically seal conviction and arrest records for most ex-offenders not convicted of another felony for four years after the completion of …

Chicago saw another bloody weekend, with 34 people shot, including a 3-year-old boy fatally shot in an officer-involved shooting that left a suspect dead.  “We’ve seen children shot across this city in ridiculous numbers,” Chicago Police Deputy Chief Larry Snelling said, according to WLS. “When did we become a society …

The NYPD announced on Sunday that they were looking for six so-called witnesses who may have been present during the murder and/or dismemberment of a Brooklyn woman brutally killed in an apartment. The remains of 22-year-old D’Asia Johnson were found stuffed into two suitcases in an apartment on Linwood St. …

Deputies in South Carolina have continued to search for an inmate who escaped from a detention center on Friday night, authorities said Sunday. David Paul Strickland, 44, was being held on multiple charges at the Union County Detention Center when he made his escape, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said. …

Authorities in Arizona released body camera footage showing a suspect in Tucson pointing a handgun at a police dog’s head before the suspect was fatally shot by officers. “Police, get down. Police, get down,” Tucson police SWAT officers were heard yelling at suspect Francisco Javier Galarza, 49, on Aug. 25 …