We hear it all the time in true crime podcasts, headlines and neighborhood chatter: Call the cops. The cops showed up. Good cop, bad cop. But have you ever stopped to investigate where the word cop ...

The apartment building at 1515 8th Street, on the west side of Albuquerque, is not an obvious place for a shoot-out. When The Economist visited, children were playing outside in a paddling pool. On ...

Uber driver Anthony Baines was just working his shift when he found himself in the middle of a made-for-TV moment.

A mad horde of teens pummeled a pair of South Carolina cops in a wild brawl after the officers tried to break up a dangerous Fourth of July celebration that included gunshots and fireworks launched at ...