CITIES IN U.S. INCREASE SECURITY AFTER PARIS ATTACKS

New York City's Empire State Building and World Trade Center was ordered lit in blue, white and red in solidarity with the French people... READ MORE›

DENTIST WHO ILLEGALLY KILLED CECIL THE LION BLAMES LOCAL GUIDES FOR THE SCANDAL

Walter James Palmer of Eden Prairie Minnesota has been named by Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force as the shooter of Cecil a 13-year-old prized lion... READ MORE›

BLACK TEEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER STORE EMPLOYEE 'SHOOTS HIM FOR STEALING 79-CENT PACK OF COOKIES'

Black teen in critical condition after store employee shoots him for stealing 79-cent pack of cookies... READ MORE›

37-YEAR-OLD BLACK WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN POLICE CUSTODY

Email Justin Independent.co.uk New York Ralkina Jones was found dead in her jail cell in Cleveland Heights City Jail on Sunday morning... READ MORE›

UNARMED BLACK 14-YEAR-OLD SHOT 7 TIMES BY POLICE OFFICER IN NEW JERSEY

Justin Michael Carissimo is a US reporter for The Independent and is based in New York City... READ MORE›

GUARDIAN ANGELS RETURN TO NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK

In New York, Guardian Angels still patrol parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK AFTER 'MORE THAN FIVE COPS SIT ON HIM', TYING UP HIS ARMS AND LEGS

Christian Siqueiros, 25, allegedly became combative when approached by police... READ MORE›

BLACK DELIVERY DRIVER REPLACED BY WHITE WORKER AFTER CUSTOMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS RACE

They don't want you at the house Justin Michael Carissimo is a US reporter for The Independent and is based in New York City... READ MORE›

NEW YORK'S ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER SPIRE LIT BLUE, WHITE AND RED IN SOLIDARITY WITH FRANCE

Paris attacks New York's One World Trade Center spire lit blue, white and red in solidarity with France... READ MORE›

All four officers involved in the New York City incident had recently graduated from the city Police Academy... READ MORE›

POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: POLICE SEIZE FIREARMS AND ARREST TWO MEN WHO PROMISED TO 'KILL THE COMPETITION'

The relationship between police and private sector security is important in both our community policing philosophy, as well as our counter-terrorism strategy... READ MORE›

CINCINNATI POLICE OFFICER KILLS UNARMED BLACK MAN DURING TRAFFIC STOP

Sam Dubose 43 was pulled over about a mile away from the university by campus police officer Ray Tensing for missing a front license plate... READ MORE›

ARIZONA COP UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR 'ILLEGALLY' ENTERING WOMANS HOME AND HANDCUFFING HER WHILE SHE WAS NAKED

Former police officer Doug Rose is under investigation by the Chandler Police Department after the incident was caught on camera... READ MORE›

TEEN IN FALL OUT BOY SHIRT 'PROTECTING' FERGUSON COPS QUICKLY BECOMES MEME

The Internet chose the teen to guard other aspects of popular culture including New York Jets Quarterback Gino Smith, Lord Voldemort's army and more... READ MORE›

NEW YORK, OTHER U.S. CITIES BEEF UP SECURITY AFTER PARIS ATTACKS

Chicago police were following developments in France to determine whether to bolster city security but was not aware of any immediate threats... READ MORE›

CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS TEXAS POLICE FATALLY SHOOTING MAN WHO HELD HIS ARMS IN THE AIR

Bexar County Sheriff's Deputies Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez killed the suspect after responding to a domestic disturbance call on Friday... READ MORE›

'YOU'VE CALLED WOMEN YOU DON'T LIKE FAT PIGS, SLOBS AND DISGUSTING ANIMALS'

Megyn Kelly to Donald Trump 'You've called women you don't like fat pigs, slobs and disgusting animals'... READ MORE›

DEADLY SNOWSTORM LEAVES AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN U.S. EAST COAST

The declarations were issued for Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, New York and parts of other states... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP HAS ASKED THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE 'EL CHAPO' RELATED THREATS

Republican candidate Donald Trump has asked the FBI to investigate threats made to his Twitter handle... READ MORE›

GOP DEBATE SPENDS ONLY FIFTY SECONDS ADDRESSING BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT

The first Republican debate spent little time discussing the growing national concern of disproportionate police violence against black Americans... READ MORE›

FAMILY ASKS FBI TO INVESTIGATE THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF UNARMED TEEN ZACHARY HAMMOND

Seneca Police Officer Mark Tiller fatally shot 19-year-old Zachary Hammond on 26 July in a Hardee's fast food restaurant parking lot in Seneca South Carolina... READ MORE›

ARLINGTON POLICE OFFICER FIRED FOR FATALLY SHOOTING CHRISTIAN TAYLOR

Email Justin Independent.co.uk New York A rookie police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black college football player in Alrington Dallas has been fired... READ MORE›

CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICER UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER PROMOTING 'RACIST AND ANTI-MUSLIM' MESSAGES ON TWITTER

A Cleveland police officer is under investigation after allegedly retweeting racist and anti-Muslim images online... READ MORE›

FBI ASKED TO INVESTIGATE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF UNARMED, BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER

Christian Taylor, middle, was fatally shot on Friday by Brad Miller, a rookie police officer completing his 16-week field training... READ MORE›

DEMOCRAT SANDERS COURTS BLACK VOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA

It was the Vermont senator's first visit to the state since announcing his candidacy in late April in a challenge to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton... READ MORE›

3 SHOT IN FERGUSON, ONE BY POLICE, TWO BY DRIVE-BY SHOOTER, ON ANNIVERSARY OF MICHAEL BROWN'S DEATH

Protesters took to the streets on Sunday to honor the one year anniversary Michael Browns death at the hands of a white Ferguson police officer... READ MORE›

TWITTER REACTS TO NYSE, UNITED GLITCHES

Post to Facebook Twitter reacts to NYSE United glitches Cascading effects on American life sent many scurrying to social media in search of levity... READ MORE›

COP SAVES DRIVER FROM CHOKING ON CHICKEN BISCUIT DURING ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP

A Texas police officer making a routine cellphone stop saved a woman who was choking and attempting to call 911... READ MORE›

DRIVER SMASHES INTO FERGUSON PROTESTERS AS DEMONSTRATIONS ERUPT ACROSS THE US

Police cars and businesses were vandalised meanwhile in Oakland, where two major freeways were also briefly shut by protesters... READ MORE›

HILLARY CLINTON ON 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RUN: 'THIS IS MY LAST RODEO'

Ms Clinton said she's working to make government attractive again and answered questions on foreign policy, Donald Trump's racist comments and Greece's financial crisis... READ MORE›