Police: Man kills firefighter who was leaving wife's home

GRANITE QUARRY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man shot and killed a firefighter who stepped outside his estranged wife’s house, then walked inside the home and fatally shot himself after confronting the woman, officials said. The man parked a pickup truck in the driveway and was “lying in...

Police chase ends with gunfire, shoplifting suspect killed

BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. (AP) — A shoplifting suspect was shot and killed Thursday after he nearly ran over a police officer during a traffic stop and then led cops on a vehicle chase that ended in a residential area with several shots being fired into his SUV and a police cruiser, authorities said. The incident...

Montana man injured in officer-involved shooting files suit

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man wounded in an officer-involved shooting has filed a lawsuit against the Yellowstone County sheriff's department. Travis Tolan of Lockwood is alleging negligence, assault and battery and a broader claim that the sheriff's office has a pattern of using excessive force, in...

New Lebanese minister says he won't permit attacks on police

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's new interior minister said Thursday he won't permit attacks on security forces amid angry rioting that has gripped the country's capital amid a deepening economic crisis. Mohammed Fahmi spoke during a handover ceremony from the outgoing minister, two days after an emergency...

Police: Woman killed when struck by bus while in crosswalk

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 75-year-old woman was struck and killed by a transit bus while crossing a street in a marked crosswalk at an intersection, police said Thursday The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada bus was making a left turn when it struck the woman late Wednesday night, police said...

Portugal police: Banker in Angola scandal hangs himself

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese banker named in a major Angolan money-laundering and corruption scandal has died in an apparent suicide at his home, police said Thursday. Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, named as a suspect by Angolan authorities in an investigation targeting the billionaire daughter of...

Police: Man with knife killed by officers in suburban Denver

ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — A man was shot and killed by police responding to a domestic violence call in suburban Denver Wednesday night. Officers were called to a neighborhood in Arvada after several people reported that a man was bashing a car and other things with a metal pipe outside a woman's house. ...

Police: Officers shoot, wound man armed with a knife

RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — Two police officers shot and wounded a Kentucky man with a knife while responding early Thursday to a report of an armed robbery, authorities said. Radcliff police responded to the report around 2 a.m. and found a man with a knife in the parking lot of an apartment building. The man...

Woman sworn in as sheriff in Vermont's Orleans County

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A former police sergeant in the Vermont city of Newport is the new Orleans County sheriff. The Caledonian Record reports that Jennifer Harlow, who was sworn in Wednesday, is the first woman to lead a law enforcement agency in the county. Orleans County Assistant Judge Ben Batchelder...

Portuguese police say a local banker named in a major Angolan corruption scandal dies in apparent suicide at home

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese police say a local banker named in a major Angolan corruption scandal dies in apparent suicide at home.