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• Protesters, police clash in Seattle

  May 1, 2013 in Region SEATTLE — Police used flash bangs and pepper spray against some protesters pelting them with objects late Wednesday, as a spurt of violence erupted after a May Day march for … 1

• Cops: Boston must stay in place amid terror hunt

  April 19, 2013 in Nation/World WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Boston’s police commissioner says all of Boston must stay in their homes as the search for the surviving suspect in the marathon bombings continues. Boston Police … 10

• Alleged machete attack leads to standoff, man’s arrest

    March 14, 2013 in City on Page A5 A standoff ended peacefully Wednesday morning after police say a man attacked his neighbor with a machete then holed himself up in a skate shop, at times using a mannequin … 33

• Shawn Vestal: Low police funding leaves crime victims feeling helpless

  March 2, 2013 in City on Page B1 It wasn’t exactly the crime of the century. Or, even, the crime of the day. But when Mona Ashbaugh was robbed by a young punk on a bike, what happened … 39

• Body cameras aid police in Pullman

  February 20, 2013 in City on Page A6 Pullman police officers are elevating their surveillance tactics with tiny, wearable cameras, as well as public cameras that monitor sidewalks and streets outside some of the town’s college bars and … 2

• Cameras focus on College Hill

  February 20, 2013 in City on Page A6 Pullman police are using five cameras perched on utility poles outside the Adams Mall area of College Hill to monitor a hot spot of criminal activity. The department purchased those … 1

• LAPD: Ex-officer suspect in Riverside cop killing

  February 7, 2013 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police launched a massive manhunt for a former Los Angeles officer suspected of going on a killing spree, slaying a couple over the weekend, opening fire … 26

• Suspect identified in fatal police shooting

  February 5, 2013 in City SPOKANE — A police chase has ended with an officer fatally shooting a person in Spokane. 78

• Ala. police kill suspects after separate shootings

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama say a SWAT team shot dead a man wielding an assault rifle following a chase touched off by a triple killing, hours after …

• Ala. police kill suspects after separate shootings

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama killed two suspects Saturday following separate shooting incidents 75 miles apart that left three other people dead and several injured, including two officers. … 1

• Conn. town mourns as police look for answers

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Investigators tried to figure out what led a bright but painfully awkward 20-year-old to slaughter 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school, while townspeople …

• Police: 27 killed at Conn. School; 1 other dead

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Police say 27 people were killed in the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, including the gunman, and one person died at another scene. The dead …

• Police say 1 officer killed, 1 hurt in Tenn.

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police say one officer was fatally shot and another wounded early today. Police Chief Toney Armstrong said officers went to a home in east Memphis to … 1

• For Washington state, legal pot _ and now what?

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle’s sidewalks — then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to “get baked,” …

• Police spray pro-union protesters at Mich. Capitol

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Police used chemical spray Thursday to subdue protesters trying to rush the Michigan Senate chamber after Gov. Rick Snyder and other Republican leaders announced they would …

• Police: Indiana men had sex before fatal fight

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana authorities investigating the death of a homeless man whose decomposing body was found in a freezer say he had been drinking, taking drugs and having sex …

• Sheriff’s dept.: Missing Colo. boy didn’t run away

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are going door-to-door looking for a 13-year-old boy missing for more than a week in southwestern Colorado. La Plata County sheriff’s spokesman Dan Bender says …

• US Justice launches probe into Albuquerque police

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department plans a thorough investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department after a string of officer-involved shootings and a number of high-profile abuse cases … 1

• Standoff in northeast Spokane ends peacefully

  November 26, 2012 in City A several-hours-long standoff in northeast Spokane with a domestic violence suspect ended peacefully this morning when police took the man into custody. 18

• Motive behind Michigan police HQ shooting unclear

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Police are investigating what prompted a 64-year-old military veteran to stride into a suburban Detroit police station then open fire on officers, leading to an exchange …

• Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens

  November 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East …

• Atlanta police ID officers killed in chopper crash

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World ATLANTA (AP) — The two Atlanta police officers killed in a weekend helicopter crash are being remembered as public servants who died honorably as they searched for a missing 9-year-old …

• Atlanta police helicopter crash kills 2 officers

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World ATLANTA (AP) — A low-flying police helicopter scanning a bustling neighborhood not far from downtown Atlanta for a runaway 9-year-old boy suddenly plummeted to the ground and exploded, killing both …

• Attorneys say Iowa detectives framed Nebraska men

  November 1, 2012 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a retired white Iowa police officer told jurors in a civil trial Thursday …

• Justices hear arguments over police dog use

  October 31, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered curbing police use of drug-sniffing dogs as lawyers argued that using a dog’s hypersensitive nose outside a home to indicate the …

• 2 off-duty Fla. officers fatally shoot naked woman

  October 20, 2012 in Nation/World TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering Saturday, authorities said. The shooting occurred at about …

• Release of names in prostitution case stirs debate

  October 17, 2012 in Nation/World KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — The first batch of men charged with being clients of a woman accused of turning her Zumba dance studio into a brothel included a former mayor …

• Down economy exacerbating US town dissolutions

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World Carmen Wilkerson ran for mayor of St. George with one clear goal in mind for the tiny Missouri town: Get rid of it. Like many of St. George’s 1,200 residents, …

• Embattled San Francisco sheriff to keep his job

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s embattled sheriff will keep his job, despite his guilty plea to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge stemming from a New Year’s Eve dispute with …

• Occupy members join police in bid to save Ga. home

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World ATLANTA (AP) — Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help a retired … 3

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