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U.S. veterans are worried that two deadly incidents involving current and former service members could increase stigma, or paint veterans as somehow damaged.

A New York teen is trying to put his life back together after he was wrongly identified as a suspect in a mass shooting.

At least one person is hospitalized after an apparent shooting outside a Forney middle school Friday. A shooting was reported just after 2 p.m. at 1050 Windmill Farms Boulevard. The address matches ...

A 17-year-old suspect is facing a capital murder charge for a deadly shooting at a motel in east Houston, according to Harris ...

Just before 6 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at the Northridge Manor Apartments, located on Maida Road.

A man who led Lake Worth officers on a chase opened fire on Lake Worth and Fort Worth officers multiple times prior to being ...

: A man has been arrested for the shooting of his sister who was found dead outside a Houston gas station, according to ...

Jennifer Marie Rodriguez, 25, was murdered Jan. 25 after roughly 30 rifle rounds were pumped into a home at a mobile home ...

According to the release from Gilde Law Firm, Hopkins was killed by police in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 8, ...

When 17-year-old Solomon Henderson fatally shot a fellow student and then took his own life at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, last month, he left behind a diary full of provocative poses ...