Man who shot NYC firefighter killed after standoff

Garland Tyree, who had been communicating with police negotiators, was shot to death after he ascended the basement stairs of a two-family home firing an assault rifle

• Aug 14, 2015

2-year-old falls to death from Pa. home's attic window

Police, coroner investigating death of 2-year-old who fell from third-story attic window of home in western Pennsylvania

• Aug 14, 2015

Cost of hunt for escaped NY killers topped $1 million a day

Records show overtime pay for troopers and corrections officers in June and July was roughly twice the amount spent for those months in 2014

• Aug 14, 2015

Lottery winner spends millions bailing out fiance

After Marie Holmes took home $88 million in a February Powerball win, she reportedly spent $9 million getting her fiance out of jail

• Aug 14, 2015

Girl, 12, accused of trying to poison mom pleads guilty

The girl allegedly mixed her mother's drink with bleach on two separate occasions because the mother took away the her smartphone

• Aug 14, 2015

Va. mom vanishes after complaining of head pains

Connie Ditto was reportedly last seen checking into a walk-in clinic, but left before her name was called

• Aug 14, 2015

Teen charged in "extremely violent" Florida murder

The 19-year-old - an illegal alien - is accused of murdering his pregnant cousin, aunt and another man

• Aug 14, 2015

Ferguson state of emergency ends after days of protests

Police "have established order," county executive says following anniversary of Michael Brown's death

• Aug 14, 2015

NYC firefighter shot while responding to blaze

Police said the alleged shooter had barricaded himself inside a home and set it on fire

• Aug 14, 2015

4 questioned in movie theater leaf-blower incident

Charges could come for teens and young adults who revved a leaf-blower and caused a scare during a showing of the movie "The Gift" at a Newport Beach, Calif. theater

• Aug 14, 2015

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