The first novel in James Patterson’s Alex Cross series came out in 1993, followed by 34 more books in the years since, about a Washington, D.C., police detective with a Ph.D. in forensic psychology.

New Orleans police were investigating after two people were killed and 9 others were wounded in two separate shootings Sunday along a parade route, authorities said. Officers ...

The shooting happened on the 5700 block of 41st Drive, near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road. Here's what we know.

A woman was stabbed to death in Roxbury on Saturday afternoon, the Boston Police Department said in a statement.

A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 others injured, local police said. The attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational ...