A 27-year-old man has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after being shot in the back of the head, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

His parents were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

By Charles Mangwiro | Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country’s police chief said, as widespread post-election riots and violence are roiling the country. Police chief Bernardino Rafael said 33 prisoners died and 15 others were injured […]

DRACUT Recent changes to the states Civil Service law mean that Dracut must take steps to bring the Police Department to parity with surrounding communities, Deputy Police Chief David Chartrand told the Board of Selectmen at their Dec. 17 meeting.

State police reports from southern Schuylkill County.

Finland on Thursday seized a ship carrying oil for Russia in relation to the recent cutting of an undersea cable connecting electricity to Estonia as concern mounts over ships disrupting power and gas lines in European waters. Finland's national law enforcement body, the Police of Finland, said in a statement it had seized a Cook...

As the Baltimore Police Department works to deal with staffing challenges, they plan to create a new patrol shift beginning in January.

TEWKSBURY The Tewksbury Police are set to launch the AngelSense program, offering wearable GPS locators for elderly individuals and at-risk children prone to wandering.

Ashanti Downey, 20, of North Carolina sustained serious burns after three unidentified people poured gasoline on her and set her on fire.

Finnish police and border guards boarded the vessel, the Eagle S, early Thursday and took over the command bridge, Helsinki Police Chief Jari Liukku told a news conference. The vessel was being held in Finnish territorial waters, police said.

Police officers responded to reports of a shooting around 5 a.m. Thursday at Summergate Apartments in Orlando

Authorities have yet to confirm the identity of the victim, who died after she was lit on fire while asleep on a subway train.

Virginia State Police is investigating a crash involving a James City County police officer on Christmas Eve.

WAKEFIELD, N.H.Four people died in a New Hampshire home on Christmas Day due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. Police were called to the house in the town of Wakefield around 4:20 p.m. for a welfare check, said New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey. He said that when officers arrived, they found the […]

Police in Saint John, N.B. are investigating the sudden death of a 30-year-old woman, the woman was found unconscious on the ground on Lancaster Avenue at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday.

Police said the vehicle was later recovered but several packages were missing.

Police in Norway reported a "serious" traffic incident involving a bus on Thursday.

DAMASCUSFourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday, as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s removal more than two weeks ago. Syria’s new interior minister sa...

A taxi hit six pedestrians after jumping a curb in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, sending three people to the hospital for injuries, The Associated Press reported. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department said two people, including a 9-year-old boy, were taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, and one person was taken to Bellevue...