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Federal law enforcement agencies have joined in the search for a Massachusetts woman known for her work raising awareness about suicide among police officers and who is now a suspect in the death of her police officer husband.

A 16-year-old girl was criminally charged after she ran on the field and tackled a middle school football player in an attack that was captured in a now viral video, officials in Tennessee said Wednesday.

Philadelphia police on Thursday identified a man they believe donned a scary Chucky-style mask and “made threatening comments” while chasing a woman near City Hall, officials said.

A Colorado man accused of killing his wife claimed she had been suffering from postpartum depression and cut her own throat — an explanation police quickly disputed before arresting him, authorities said Wednesday.

Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink, gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children.

Lindsay Clancy didn’t appreciate the “wrongfulness” of killing her three children because of her mental health issues, a psychologist testifying for the defense said.

A beloved former kindergarten teacher, May Doi, who taught generations of residents in a small town on Hawaii’s Big Island was among the two deaths authorities blamed on a hurricane Lala.

A judge on Thursday will consider whether to grant Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony a new trial following his murder conviction earlier this summer in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet.

A state police helicopter and a small plane collided over Carlisle Airport in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night, resulting in the death of the plane’s pilot, officials said.

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Wednesday, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region.