HOUSTON -- A woman has been charged with capital murder in the death of a 12-year-old Houston boy whose badly burned body was found in a ditch this week following his Christmas Eve disappearance. Mona Yvette Nelson, 44, was arrested Wednesday. She remained in jail Thursday on no bond. Court records did not list an attorney. Police say Jonathan Foster, who ...

Pittsburgh police say a Homewood man tried to swallow a plastic bag of crack cocaine and bit a detective on Wednesday before they deployed a Taser to get him under control. Police said the 20-year-old man, who remains unidentified, fled from narcotics detectives about 7 p.m. on Race Street. Detectives caught up with the man on a porch and struggled to ...

ST. PETERSBURG - City officials estimate more than 10,000 could turn out for services on Friday, Jan. 28, honoring St. Petersburg Police Sgt. Thomas Baitinger and K-9/TAC Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz. The men died in the line of duty Monday, Jan. 24 in St. Petersburg. Friday’s memorial service begins at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of St. Petersburg, 1900 Gandy ...