Police

Police are trained to avoid warning shots for tactical and legal reasons. This long-standing prohibition is being reconsidered under public pressure to reduce deadly shootings by police.

A teenage girl was "apparently sexually assaulted by five or six men or boys," in a video watched live by about 40 people, The Associated Press reports. The girl, who was missing, has been located.

A major roadway in Winston-Salem is closed due to an accident.

U.S. Highway 421 northbound near the 5th Street exit will likely be closed for several hours.

Former Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden says he's disappointed with his country of 42 years after he was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In California, officers undergo cultural diversity and discrimination training, which includes understanding the cultural composition of the state and discussing the impact of racial profiling.

Six people in western North Carolina have been arrested after officials found more than a ton of marijuana in a van.

A man says police officers beat him and raped him with a truncheon last Thursday night. Four police officers have been charged, and demonstrators have taken to the streets over the incident.

Data overwhelmingly confirm that black people are involved in and are victims of police-involved killings at greater proportions than any other racial group in the country. But there's a new twist.