FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Fort Collins police say they used tear gas to disperse a large and noisy street party near the Colorado State University campus as some revelers threw bottles at officers. Read the rest of this entry »

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Two sisters facing charges that they endangered the lives of infants at their Northern California daycare center by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets didn't intend to hurt the babies and contend they didn't commit child abuse, their attorney said. Read the rest of this entry »

Michigan police investigating the mysterious disappearance of a mother who works at a gas station are now calling it an abduction case, while her family is pleading for her return. Read the rest of this entry »

A 14-year-old Georgia boy died Sunday after he was struck by a police patrol car while riding his bicycle. Chandler Jacob Weems of McDonough, Ga. died Sunday morning at an Atlanta hospital after being struck on his bicycle Saturday afternoon as he was exiting a driveway. Read the rest of this entry »

At least four people were stabbed at an Albuquerque, N.M., church when a man went on a rampage during a Sunday service’s closing hymns, police said. Albuquerque Police Department officials say the unidentified suspect with a weapon leaped over pews and lunged at members of the choir just before noon on Sunday. He repeatedly stabbed choir members, according to police. Read the rest of this entry »

A fun night for a Pennsylvania couple turned deadly after police say the woman accidentally shot and killed her husband. On Friday, around 9 p.m., police say Michael Wanko, 43, and Michele Wanko, 42, were “casually drinking” vodka and lemonade together inside their home on West Roland Road in Parkside, Penn. Around 3:30 a.m., police say the couple went into their basement so that Michael could show his wife how to use a semiautomatic pistol. Read the rest of this entry »

Police in the Northern California town of Valley Springs on Sunday released information about the man they suspect fatally stabbed a 9-year-old girl at her home over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON -- Two college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who were jailed by immigration authorities the day after his capture had nothing to do with the deadly attack and had seen no hints that he harbored any violent thoughts or terrorist sympathies, a lawyer for one of them said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Next year's Boston Marathon could be watched over by drones. The city's police commissioner, Ed Davis, told the Boston Herald that using the aerial surveillance technology during next year's race is "a great idea." Read the rest of this entry »

Two seventh-grade girls in New Jersey have been suspended from classes and may face criminal charges for allegedly threatening to kill about a dozen of their classmates in a YouTube video. Read the rest of this entry »