A federal complaint says Austin ISD and ex-LBJ band teacher Rodney Childers groomed and sexually abused a student over months; criminal charges and a civil suit are pending.

Customs officers at BWI cleared a toddler's airway after he began choking in the arrivals line; the child was taken to a Baltimore hospital and is stable.

Court filings unsealed late June tie phone images and a Radical Firearms RF‑15 rifle to the June 24 Detroit shooting that killed a man and wounded a child.

A Portland Police Stolen Vehicle Operation recovered eight stolen cars and led to nine arrests after air units tracked fleeing suspects across the metro.

A 15-year-old has been charged after a South Street shooting left another teen seriously injured. Police say the investigation is active and more arrests may follow.

A Liberty Elementary teacher in Margate was fired and later arrested after allegedly bringing a stun gun onto campus; police say she showed it to colleagues and apologized.

An unnamed woman arrested in North Ridgeville was found dead inside the Lorain County Jail in Elyria; investigators await autopsy and toxicology results.

Crews extricated a passenger-car occupant after a semi and a car collided on SR 111 at Cagle Mountain; the Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating.

Federal prosecutors say Marc Sanchez cooked powder cocaine into crack in his Massachusetts Mills apartment and stored two loaded 9mm handguns in a safe. He pleaded guilty in Boston federal court this week.

A fatal crash closed both directions of White Settlement Road at Silver Ridge Boulevard East in Fort Worth on June 30. Officials asked motorists to seek alternate routes.

A 20-year-old NYC Parks employee was arrested in the Bronx after police say he had a 9mm handgun while on duty.

Hernando County posted a "Manhunt Monday" wanted bulletin naming Curtis Jerome Neraasen on domestic battery and domestic battery by strangulation warrants. Deputies list no bond.

A 7-year-old nephew of Hamtramck’s mayor was found dead in Menands after a two‑day search; authorities say there’s no immediate sign of criminality. Local crews had combed woods and yards.