A suspect who shot and wounded a police officer in upstate New York was found to have subsequently died by suicide, not the officer’s returning fire.

A suspect who shot and wounded a police officer in upstate New York was found to have subsequently died by suicide, not the officer’s returning fire.

Part of Columbus, Ohio, was evacuated for several hours Thursday after a fire aboard a truck carrying lithium ion batteries posed a dangerous situation.

Part of Columbus, Ohio, was evacuated for several hours Thursday after a fire aboard a truck carrying lithium ion batteries posed a dangerous situation.

The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of 64-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin, who in 1998 killed a delivery driver withdrawing cash from an ATM.

The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of 64-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin, who in 1998 killed a delivery driver withdrawing cash from an ATM.

The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of 64-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin, who in 1998 killed a delivery driver withdrawing cash from an ATM.

A man suspected in a Sacramento, California, homicide has been killed by police in Oakland after reportedly emerging from a home with a firearm.

A man suspected in a Sacramento, California, homicide has been killed by police in Oakland after reportedly emerging from a home with a firearm.

A man suspected in a Sacramento, California, homicide has been killed by police in Oakland after reportedly emerging from a home with a firearm.

24-year-old Malik Shaw of Indianapolis was charged Wednesday with three counts of murder in connection with a shooting that transpired at an apartment complex last week.

A motorist was killed Thursday after plowing into the Barrington Road Toll Plaza on a Cook County stretch of Interstate 90, according to police.

A motorist was killed Thursday after plowing into the Barrington Road Toll Plaza on a Cook County stretch of Interstate 90, according to police.

A Boone County, West Virginia, woman has been charged in her 14-year-old daughter’s death. The teenager was reportedly found “emaciated to a skeletal state.”

A Boone County, West Virginia, woman has been charged in her 14-year-old daughter’s death. The teenager was reportedly found “emaciated to a skeletal state.”

Thousands of people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A settlement aimed at compensation has fallen short of expectations.

Thousands of people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A settlement aimed at compensation has fallen short of expectations.

Thousands of people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A settlement aimed at compensation has fallen short of expectations.