ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A Mexican national convicted of the 2019 slaying of the mother of two New Mexico State Police officers in a case that drew national attentione has been sentenced to life in prison. Luis Talamantes-Romero also received an additional prison term of 26½ years on Wednesday for eight other felony convictions in the death of…

PHILADELPHIA—Police say an overnight standoff with an armed man barricaded in a Philadelphia home ended when he was shot and wounded by officers who had been fired upon and struck by bullets in their protective vests. First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford told WPVI-TV that officers were called to the Germantown home at about 4 p.m….

PHOENIX—A woman has been arrested for allegedly assaulting three Transportation Security Administration officers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, according to authorities. TSA officials said Makiah Coleman, 19, allegedly attacked the officers as she was going through airport security just before 6 a.m. Tuesday. TSA spokesperson Lorie Dankers called it an “unprovoked and brazen physical…

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo.—Five St. Louis-area police officers were injured early Wednesday when they were struck by an SUV driven by a suspected drunken driver. Three of the officers were in serious condition and two suffered moderate injuries, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. A 2-year-old girl in the Jeep Cherokee that struck the officers suffered…

HERMANN, Mo.—A Missouri police officer has been killed and a second officer is badly wounded after a shooting at a small-town convenience store. The shooting about 9:30 p.m. Sunday killed Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith of the Hermann Police Department. Authorities have not released the name of the injured officer. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said…

HERMANN, Mo.—The search for the man suspected of killing one small-town Missouri police officer and badly injuring another ended Monday when the man came out of a home that had been surrounded by police. The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. Sunday at a convenience store in Hermann, a town of 2,100 residents about 80 miles…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Three Kansas City police officers were shot and wounded while executing a search warrant, prompting a standoff at a home early Wednesday, authorities said. The tactical response team officers had begun to breach a door around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when they were fired upon, Kansas City police Chief Stacey Graves told reporters outside…

MCKEESPORT, Pa.—A man having a “mental health crisis” shot and killed a police officer, wounded a second, and fired at a third before being wounded in a shootout in a western Pennsylvania city on Monday, authorities said. Two officers were dispatched shortly after noon to a domestic disturbance call in McKeesport, about 12 miles (20…

Two Illinois police officers sustained minor injuries as they rescued a 9-year-old boy and a woman from drowning in an icy pond. Their efforts saved the pair and their dramatic rescue was recorded in its entirety on their body cameras. On Nov. 23, just before 4:30 p.m., a 9-year-old boy fell into the frozen section of…

NEWARK, N.J.—Two Newark police officers were in stable condition Tuesday after being wounded in a confrontation with a gunman being sought in connection with another shooting, authorities said. The afternoon shooting occurred outside an apartment building in residential neighborhood about a mile west of Newark Liberty International Airport. Frightened residents were forced to remain inside…