Chicago Memorial Day Weekend: 12 killed, 43 wounded

Unofficial start of summer riddled by bullets as Chicago police, emergency personnel scrambled to keep up

• May 26, 2015

Author of Pam Smart-inspired book asks for her parole

Author of book inspired by case of Pamela Smart, who plotted with teen lover to kill her husband, says she didn't intend to influence public's perception of Smart

• May 26, 2015

Police: Yale student jumps to death after stabbing

Police say student who leapt from off-campus apartment building had just attacked a fellow student

• May 26, 2015

Man serving life in prison for pot may be freed

Governor of Missouri commutes sentence for Jeff Mizanskey, who has been behind bars more than two decades for marijuana-related offenses

• May 26, 2015

N.M. police officer fatally shot; person in custody

Police Capt. Paul Rogers says the officer, a military veteran who had been with the Rio Rancho Police Department for four years, was shot while pulling over a vehicle Monday night

• May 26, 2015

Missing Kentucky tot found dead in well

The child's mother's boyfriend, who was initially reported missing along with the tot, is under arrest

• May 26, 2015

Amber Alert issued for missing 9-year-old Texas girl

The girl left her Benbrook home on Friday to head to a friend's house, but never made it there; Authorities have issued a warrant for her uncle's arrest

• May 26, 2015

176 people arrested during Indy 500 weekend

In 2014, Indiana officers arrested 211 people during race weekend

• May 26, 2015

Shooting at Walmart in North Dakota turns deadly

Police say at least two were killed in an early morning shooting in Grand Forks, and several more injured

• May 26, 2015

Nevada trial latest to test "stand your ground" law

The trial of a man who killed two trespassers in a rental unit he owns has rekindled discussions of how such laws are interpreted

• May 25, 2015

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