October 27, 2026 / 8:03 AM EDT / CBS/AP A man serving a life sentence for killing his co-worker four years ago has escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee by slipping through a fence, authorities said. Investigators have since released surveillance footage that…
October 26, 2026 / 9:51 AM EDT / CBS News A preliminary survey released on Monday found that the rate of violent crime victimization in 2025 fell by about 25% compared with the prior year, a significant drop that the Justice Department claimed represents the largest decline…
October 24, 2026 / 11:01 PM EDT / CBS News The lake country straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border has a quiet, majestic beauty. But in September 2022, that vast landscape seemed to have swallowed up Mike Harding, a California transplant who disappeared without a trace. JULIE HARDING…
Updated on: May 7, 2025 / 6:22 PM EDT / CBS/AP Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of all state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop, a death that sparked…
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The call for action comes months after a Galveston police officer fatally shot Randy Martin, 47, during a traffic stop in May. The attorney representing Martin’s family said they plan to file a lawsuit against the city and police department in…
While the Italian court said it would not extradite Gilley for capital murder, if would extradite him if his charge was reduced to murder. An Italian court ruled Monday that Lee Gilley, the Houston man charged with capital murder for…
A 36-year-old man was killed and three others wounded after an argument at a softball game escalated into a shooting near Humble. A shooting at a Houston-area sports complex Sunday night left a 36-year-old man dead and three others injured.
A DHS spokesperson said the incident is under an active internal investigation, and the ICE agent has been suspended. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said his office has interviewed the man who was detained in the backseat of an…
Updated on: October 16, 2026 / 1:51 PM EDT / CBS News The bystander who stepped in to stop a gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, has come forward and identified himself as Kaylub Giamanco, a lifelong Bend resident who has two…
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