A new wave of progressive DA's across the county favor decriminalization, diversion programs over jail time and holding law enforcement accountable.

Two Texas police officers who led a handcuffed black man down a street by a rope will not face a criminal probe by the state's law enforcement agency, according to officials.

Law enforcement reported the accident, involving a motorcycle and minivan occurred at 10:22 p.m. on Saturday which left Benson and another person dead and two others injured. Details of the crash included a "vehicle and person on fire," according to Austin-Travis County EMS.

After a North Carolina sheriff released an illegal immigrant on bond in a child rape case, former acting ICE Director Tom Homan said the law enforcement officer should have called the federal government and had the suspect detained.

Just days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility was shot up in what the FBI called a "targeted attack," Bernie Sanders unveiled a plan on Sunday that would create a "registry of disreputable federal law enforcement officers," and provide "financial support" for similar lists at the state level.

The man who authorities think shot a state trooper and a sheriff's deputy Friday morning surrendered after a long standoff at a home in rural Missouri, the highway patrol said.

The New York medical examiner said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell, according to CNBC. The report released on Friday said the 66-year-old killed himself by suicide before he was found dead last Saturday morning in federal lockup. His autopsy was performed Sunday, NBC News reported, citing two law enforcement officials. The infamous billionaire was remanded to jail pending charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy after he was charged by the New York federal prosecutors last month. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carried a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison if convicted. Epstein's death prompted conspiracy theories to...

A man facing child sex abuse charges who disappeared in 2016 has been found living in a hidden bunker in the woods in Wisconsin, law enforcement officials said. WSAW-TV reporter Naomi Kowles got an exclusive look inside.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday unveiled her latest policy plan, which aims to empower Native American tribes through land protection and law enforcement reforms and boost financial support for chronically underfunded health and education programs.