Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man carrying an imitation firearm have been placed on customary administrative leave during an investigation, authorities said Monday. Officers repeatedly told Charlin Charles to put down the gun, but he raised it and two officers fired at him, according to a […]

Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — A Muslim woman is suing Long Beach police, saying an officer forcibly removed her religious headscarf during an arrest. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of Kirsty Powell, who was stopped last May as she and her husband drove home. Powell says she was taken […]

Associated Press PERRY HALL, Md. — Authorities say a man barricaded himself inside a National Guard armory in Maryland for about three hours before being taken into custody. No one was injured. The Baltimore County Police Department said on its Twitter feed that the unidentified, unarmed man had been holed up Monday at the Guard's […]