Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An off-duty Jacksonville sheriff's detective was taking his son to school when he was shot and critically wounded by a 19-year-old man who told his girlfriend minutes earlier that it was "going to be his last day on Earth," police said Wednesday. The plainclothes narcotics detective chose to stop Kevin […]

Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The widow of a suburban Chicago police officer who authorities say staged his suicide to appear he was gunned down in the line of duty has been charged with conspiracy for allegedly helping her husband siphon money from a youth program. Melodie Gliniewicz was charged in January with felony counts […]

Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say deputies fatally shot a man who aimed a BB gun at them at a Tampa Bay area apartment complex. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokesman Larry McKinnon says in a news release that at least four deputies responded Tuesday night to the Windwood Oaks Apartments after 911 calls about […]