A 25-year-old police officer in California has died in the line of duty after she was hit by a car while stopping to help two motorists involved in a collision.

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck.

Texas man Brandon Ashley charged with murdering wife Chelsea Spillers after police found the teacher's body during a welfare check at their home.

The teen died in a serious Plymouth crash that also injured his 16-year-old passenger and the driver of a second car.

A statement from City Manager Sheryl Long said Teresa Theetge was placed on paid leave amid the "need for stability at the command level"

Anti-immigrant protesters burned a police vehicle and attacked officers near a building housing asylum seekers in Dublin on Tuesday, the justice minister said, a day after a man was arrested for an attack on a young girl nearby.

One person was hospitalized after an incident at the Austin Central Library. Police confirmed a gunshot was heard, and a suspect was arrested in South Austin within hours.

The new law requiring New York law enforcement to briefly seize firearms when responding to domestic violence calls draws criticism from gun rights supporters.