New York City police said they arrested a man who raced through midtown Manhattan and struck nine people, including a police officer, just blocks from the city's New Year's Eve celebration.
Prince George's County police said three men were killed and another was injured in three separate shootings that erupted during the festivities on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day.
Rampant shoplifting and organized retail theft, often unchecked by local governments and allowed to grow into a multibillion-dollar business, have major retailers turning to Washington for help.
A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third made an initial court appearance Monday in London, where she was arrested over the weekend.