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MPs have accused Theresa May of being 'keen to distance herself from any responsibility to assess the performance of the PCCs' Stronger scrutiny is required of elected police commissioners to prevent "maverick decision making", a damning report by MPs has warned.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap, saying that he had doubts about the death penalty, much to the dismay of victims' families and a furious district attorney.

Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

A prominent Nebraska abortion clinic is facing a new legal challenge from state officials who want to revoke the license of the clinic's only nurse because of allegations of questionable care.

When Michael Klunder enticed two girls to enter his pickup truck near a rural Iowa school bus stop Monday, it was at least his third kidnapping in a long criminal history in which he was ordered to receive sex offender treatment starting as a teenager.

Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.

Michael Swayngim, 25, could face the death penalty if found guilty of the first-degree murder of his four-year-old son.

Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it submitted.

Convicted killer Jodi Arias pauses for a moment during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix.

If you're a gamer, today is a big day. Microsoft will unveil its next-generation XBOX console today.

Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

New state-wide outreach programs have helped more than 15 child victims of human trafficking in the past five months alone, according to the governor's office.

A 55-year-old Blaine man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, the Anoka County Attorney's Office announced Monday.

Philip Tintle pleaded guilty to setting a fire that destroyed about 33 vehicles at the Franklin Sussex Auto Mall in 2011.

The charge listed on the jail docket is "hold for U.S. Marshal" and the arresting agency is listed as the Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI spokeswoman Kimberly Brunell confirmed that Shoffner was arrested for violating the Hobbs Act, a federal law that is often cited in cases of official corruption.

People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday.

Four Montgomery County residents are hoping to fill two open seats in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in January, but the first step is making it past the Primary Election, in which all of the candidates are cross-filed. Republican candidates Sharon Giamporcaro and Maureen Coggins will be on the Republican and Democrat ballots, as will ... (more)

You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours, after all. They define who you are and where you came from, your accomplishments and failures, your likes and dislikes.

Police departments and federal agencies nationwide are using a type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem that could label truthful people as liars or the guilty as innocent, McClatchy has found.

The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is closing after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officers and officials who believe the nation's largest force operates with integrity.