RIO DE JANEIRO — The assailants arrived in the sleepy city in southern Brazil ready for battle: They wore head coverings and body armor, and were armed with powerful rifles and loads of explosives.

An hours-long stand-off at a hospital in the western German city of Aachen came to an end late Monday with police overpowering the 65-year-old woman who had barricaded herself in a room. The police ...

Interstate 25 was shut down late into Saturday night after a man overpowered a Colorado Springs police officer, stole his cruiser, then crashed as he drove south toward downtown, police said. Police ...

Residents of a suburban Chicago apartment complex had been complaining of a foul odor in the building for months, they said, eventually leading police to a horrifying discovery. Waukegan police said ...

All nine juveniles who escaped a Pennsylvania detention facility after allegedly overpowering two female guards have since been captured, state police announced Monday morning. "We're going to ...

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BALTIMORE --A man arrested for allegedly stealing an ATM in Baltimore escaped police custody by overpowering an officer on Wednesday, according to authorities. Christian Green, 20, had asked to go to ...