Update at 9:22 a.m. ET: The Hudson Valley Insider newspaper reports that City of Newburgh investigators have ruled the mother's death a suicide. Update at 9:14 a.m. ET: New York City's WPIX reports that police had responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at the victim's nearby home only 10 minutes before the incident, but found the house empty. ...

Englewood, Ill. -- A police officer was shot in the knee and a male suspect killed during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store in Englewood Monday night, police officials said. The dead suspect was identified this morning by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Jerome Williams, 27, of the of the 6400 block of South Justine Street. Court ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. were adding security measures Monday following Osama bin Laden's death, out of what one called "an abundance of caution." In Los Angeles, police were stepping up intelligence monitoring, and New Yorkers will see extra police at their airports, bridges and the World Trade Center site itself. The Port Authority ...