The Seattle Police Department had to be pretty happy with their weapons buyback event last weekend: officers recovered a total of 716 weapons from the community in exchange for gift cards of up to $200. But their haul included …
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Woman Sues Match.com after Date Tries to Murder Her
Worst. Date. Ever.
Florida Mom Buys Armed Security Guard for Local Elementary School
Got $12,000? Then you too can have an armed security presence in your child’s grade school, like Laurie Lauria
Fire and Ice: Hundreds of Firefighters Fight Massive Blaze on Chicago’s South Side
The city’s largest fire in seven years took nearly 200 firefighters about two hours to extinguish as the blaze ripped through an abandoned warehouse on the city’s South Side Tuesday night. Firefighters had to contend with …
Glenn Beck’s Utopian Community: A Place Called Independence, U.S.A.
The conservative media personality announced his plan on his TV show
WATCH: Obama Unveils New Gun Control Proposals
TIME’s cover this week features “The Gunfighters,” the trio of politicians on the front lines of a new gun-control plan in the wake of last month’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders …
Deaf Man Stabbed After Sign Language Mistaken for Gang Signs
After using sign language to communicate with a friend, a deaf North Carolina man was stabbed several times last week. Why? A passerby apparently mistook his gestures for gang signs.
Steubenville Authorities Launch Website to Dispel Controversy Around High School Rape Case
Officials in Steubenville, Ohio, have launched a website entitled “Steubenville Facts” in response to the national attention the town is getting following the alleged rape of a 16 year-old girl by two high school football …
Families of Aurora Shooting Victims Boycott Theater’s Reopening Reception
An untimely and insensitive invitation only rubs salt to the wound.
WATCH: Tornado Descends on Southern Alabama, Exploding Power Transformers
It was a white Christmas in many parts of the U.S., and while the weather made the holidays pretty to look at it also caused plenty of holiday chaos. More than 10 inches of snow fell on parts of central and northern Arkansas, …
Blizzard Barrels Through the Midwest [Photos]
The idea of snow at Christmastime usually evokes warm and fuzzy feelings: chestnuts roasting, fires crackling, beverages steaming. That is, until the stuff begins to fall — and on Thursday and Friday it fell relentlessly.
Mayan Apocalypse Rumors Prompt 33 Michigan Schools to Close Early
Some students in Michigan will be getting an extra-long holiday break this year, thanks to the supposed end of the world.