Three men slain at a Brandon home late Monday night may have been involved in drug activity when a group drove from another town to the quiet neighborhood to kill them, authorities said. ...more

December 31, 2009

The investigation continues into the slaying of three men found dead early Tuesday morning in the back yard of a Brandon home, across the street from a Baptist church. ...more

December 30, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 9, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 8, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for the ringleader of a mass killing over an Xbox video game system. ...more

November 26, 2009

To many, it felt exquisitely right: This is where it began. This is where it must end. ...more

November 14, 2009

An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student raised suspicions when he began scrubbing floors after the crime and tried to move a box of bloody wipes from the view of an investigator, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. The body of 24-year-old Annie Le was found stuffed behind a Yale research lab wall in September. An autopsy determined she was strangled. ...more

November 13, 2009

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation today to draw together even if the gunman's motives may never be fully known. ...more

November 8, 2009

A 26-year-old man on a bicycle was struck and killed by a Hillsborough County deputy's cruiser Sunday night. ...more

November 3, 2009

U.S. 19 is closed between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Klosterman Road after a woman pushing her bike across the road was hit by a vehicle. ...more

October 5, 2009