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Three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man suspected of shooting three other people in the past week, authorities said. PENNSYLVANIA POLICE SEARCHING FOR THIEVES CAUGHT-ON-CAMERA SWIPING AMERICAN FLAGS The injured officers were taken to a hospital after being shot Sunday morning at a home in Kenner, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west …

A measure to reform California’s crime referendum that downgrades penalties for petty theft and drug possession will be on the ballot in November after garnering an “unheard of” number of signatures. The 2014 law in question, Proposition 47, reclassified several felonies, including retail and property theft, as misdemeanors. Under Prop 47, petty theft of goods valued under $950 is classifiedas …

A Florida woman went on a wild rampage at a Wawa location and allegedly stabbed a man with a large knife before committing other crimes, police said. Christina Marie Crane, 37, was charged with attempted felony murder, criminal mischief and aggravated assault, according to FOX 13 Tampa. She was also charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The Pinellas …

A retired Indiana police lieutenant got the shock of his life when one of the officers he served with previously alerted him of a new recruit’s identity. “He said, ‘Well, you’re not going to believe this.’ I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘He’s sitting next to me,'” Gene Eyster, retired lieutenant from the South Bend Police Department in the Hoosier State, …

Pennsylvania police are searching for the three suspects caught stealing American flags from a suburban neighborhood. The Macungie Police Department made a Facebook post about the incident on Saturday. The department posted surveillance video of three suspects holding stolen flags and walking down a road. “Macungie PD is seeking information and the identity of the 2 males and female in …

Chicago police have identified a suspect who they believe shot and killed Officer Luis Huesca last week, as the manhunt enters its seventh day on Sunday. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Xavier L. Tate Jr., a 22-year-old man who resides in Aurora, the Chicago Police Department said. Tate faces a first-degree murder charge for the April 21 shooting …

A Wisconsin man who has been charged with making a bomb threat against the office of a Republican Senate candidate has donated to the campaign of the candidate’s Democratic opponent. Joseph Quade, 72, was charged with making terrorist threats after sending a message to the Wisconsin campaign office of Eric Hovde, warning that it “might blow up” in an April …

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy died after he became unresponsive at a station Saturday afternoon. The South Los Angeles station requested an ambulance at around 4 p.m. Saturday for an unresponsive deputy, the sheriff’s department said, according to Fox 11. The deputy was pronounced deceased. His cause of death is unknown. LOS ANGELES SUSPECT WHO ‘TARGETED’ MAYOR’S HOUSE HAD …

Colleges across the U.S. are reporting that some of the anti-Israel protesters participating in and getting arrested at demonstrations are not part of the school community and instead are outsiders. Emory University in Atlanta released a statement Thursday that 28 people were arrested during a demonstration at the Emory quad, 20 of whom were members of the school community. In …

A Georgia man allegedly shot and killed a woman, believed to be his ex-wife, before shooting her new husband and himself at a shopping plaza Saturday night, according to police. A heavy police presence was observed at the Merchants Walk Plaza in Lilburn, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Lilburn Police said in a news release that the suspect, 62, entered …