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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2012

LAPD SWAT Rescues Children After 10-Hour Standoff

Los Angeles police have shot and killed a man they say held his two children hostage for 10 hours in a Baldwin Hills home.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2012

Smugglers Launched Drugs from Cannon

U.S. Border Patrol agents say smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country—a cannon.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2012

Ore. Mall Shooter Used Stolen Rifle

The 22-year-old shooter who killed two people in an Oregon shopping mall Tuesday evening didn't know his victims, authorities announced Wednesday. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office identified the shooter as Jacob Tyler Roberts.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2012

Ore. Holiday Mall Shooter Kills 2, Turns Gun On Self

A gunman who opened fire inside a Portland-area shopping mall killed two people and wounded a third, before turning the gun on himself on Tuesday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2012

DEA: Cartel Probe Led To 3,780 Arrests

The Drug Enforcement Administration says a two-year series of investigations targeting the Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels and violent street gangs has resulted in 3,780 arrests and the seizure of some 375,000 pounds of drugs.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2012

Cyalume Introduces CyPad IR Infrared Markers

Cyalume has introduced the CyPad IR infrared identification and marking emitters that allow tactical operators to identify personnel or objects during a covert, low-light mission.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2012

Feds Charge Idaho Aryan Knights for Drugs, Sawed-Off Shotguns

Twenty-one alleged associates of Idaho's Aryan Knights have been charged with drug and weapon offenses as a result of a federal drug investigation.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2012

Student Who Shot Self In Cruiser Wasn't Fully Searched

A deputy performed only a brief pat down, not a full search, on a handcuffed teenager who shot himself Wednesday in the backseat of a patrol car on the campus of North Shore Senior High School, officials admitted Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2012

Chicago Gang Funeral Goers Get Police Pat Downs

Chicago Police will begin patting down attendees of gang funerals to prevent violent attacks, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told CBS News.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2012

Two Mexican Nationals Charged In Coast Guardsman's Death

Two Mexican nationals — Jose Meija Leyva and Manuel Beltran Higuera — were charged Monday in Los Angeles with killing a federal officer while the officer was on duty.

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