RICHMOND, Va. — The man who fatally ambushed a Virginia Tech police officer had legally purchased the handgun used in the shooting, Virginia State Police said Tuesday. Ross T. Ashely, 22, purchased the .40-caliber semiautomatic weapon used to gun down officer Derick Crouse in January from a licensed Virginia gun dealer, state police investigators said in a statement. The name of the dealer was not released. Read full article > >

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State Police: Virginia Tech gunman purchased handgun legally months before killing officer

BERLIN — The software is straight out of a spy thriller, a program that allows police investigators to monitor activity and, if the computer has a camera, peer right into the face of the user. Revelations this week that several state police forces used the secret tools caused consternation at the highest levels of government in Germany, where a Nazi past and not-too-distant memories of the all-pervasive East German secret police have led to privacy laws that are among the strictest in the world. Read full article > >

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German state police criticized for electronic snooping

After new allegations of sexual abuse surfaced at a camp in Cape Cod, Massachusetts state police reported a camp employee shot himself. (April 6)

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Suicide at Cape Cod camp after new abuse allegations