Newly released body camera video shows when a NYPD officer struck a woman who was interfering with an arrest in Harlem. while activists have claimed it is evidence of excessive force, NYC Mayor Eric Adams is defending the officer.

There are calls for the firing of an NYPD officer seen on video hitting a 19-year-old woman during an arrest in Harlem.

President Biden delivered a prime-time address in Philadelphia calling on Americans to fight for "the soul of the nation." Mr. Biden directly called out former President Donald Trump and "MAGA Republicans" for threatening the foundation of American democracy. Senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.

The NYPD is looking for two cars in connection with a drive by shooting that injured a woman.

Two San Rafael police officers were placed on paid leave Friday after body-camera video showed them leaving a man bloodied after taking him down to the ground.

One of Taiwan’s richest tycoons has pledged to fund a force of "civilian warriors" and marksmen to help repel a possible Chinese invasion.

The Corpus Christi Police Department made an arrest involving a shooting that happened at a game room early Friday morning.

Memphis Police DepartmentEliza “Liza” Fletcher, a Tennessee-based teacher whose grandfather, Joseph Orgill III, co-ran the Memphis-based hardware distributor Orgill Inc., was abducted in the early hours of Friday morning while jogging near the University of Memphis campus, The Sun reports. Memphis Police say a “vehicle of interest” in her abduction has been located, and a man who was inside was detained, but there was still no sign of Fletcher. No further details were immediately available on th

Milwaukee police update on fatal officer-involved shooting on E. Juneau Avenue

A woman was kidnapped while running early Friday morning near the University of Memphis.

Crime tape up in the Midway at the Minnesota State Fair. The fair closed early after a report of a shot fired. The Minnesota State Fair would only confirm the closure due to a disturbance.

The U.S. Marshals Service and the Houston Police Department provide an update on the fatal shooting of a man by task force members at a Houston apartment complex.

Dunwoody Police Department has charged the driver accused of causing a traffic nightmare Monday afternoon.

A second suspect was arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Heights, California, on July 9. Dangelo Thomas, a 25-year-old parolee, was arrested in the 300 block of Lime Avenue in Long Beach on Wednesday for felony offenses, including robbery, possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and violation of parole, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Authorities recovered a loaded .45 caliber handgun and a loaded 9mm handgun during a search of the Long Beach residence.

Police investigating ‘murder-suicide’ at a Hyannis home; two children found safe

Newly released body camera video shows that Los Angeles police was told by another officer that a man was not carrying a gun at the time he was shot.

Baltimore police say family members of the infant found in a stroller in a Southeast Baltimore alley have been located.

The sheriff's office said the father-daughter duo were responsible for piercing a raccoon with a pitchfork and setting it on fire in a dumpster on Aug. 11.

Tarrio is facing 3 cases, including one charging him with seditious conspiracy, in last year's insurrection.

Here's the Daily Briefing with the best stories from the Commercial Appeal team.

A 78-year-old woman was pulled out of an Access-a-Ride cab and left on the street in Brooklyn by a driver who she said tried to steal her phone, before hitting a witness who tried to help her in an incident caught on camera, police said.