JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A grandfather in Johnston County shot his grandson and police say it was in self defense. It happened at a home in Benson on Kennedy Circle. Benson police say the ...

A murder suspect can claim self-defense to justify killing an innocent bystander, the state’s highest court has ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court took up the Western Mass homicide case from 2023 ...

“Jab, cross, uppercut, repeat” — all to the beat of Rhianna’s “Breakin’ Dishes” — made for a high-energy self-defense workshop at Roble Arts Gym Wednesday night. Organized by the members of Alpha ...

A resident opened fire on a man who was one of four men who entered his Miami Gardens home Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in what police say was likely a home invasion. The wounded man, Ezekiel Leatherwood, ...

A 21-year-old man, previously acquitted of murder on self-defense grounds, was shot and killed in Cocoa. Police report the man, Jyuri Smith, was armed with a rifle when he confronted another man ...

A 23-year-old Memphis tourist is dead after an argument near Broadway with his pedicab driver over the cost of fare became violent during the early morning hours on Oct. 18, according to Metro ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Kenneth Santana-Rodriguez, charged with first-degree murder in the January 2023 shooting at the Holyoke Mall, can argue self-defense ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - With a recent uptick in sexual assault reports on ECU’s campus, one student organization is taking steps to ensure that women on campus are equipped with self-defense ...

As someone who loves early morning and late evening walks, as well as solo nights at the movie theater, personal safety is always at the back of my mind. Although experts say awareness and avoidance ...

BENSON, N.C. (WNCN) — A Benson man allegedly shot his own grandson in the back Wednesday in ‘self defense,’ according to town officials. Officers with the Benson Police Department received a call ...

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (WHNT) — A 73-year-old Tuscumbia man charged with killing his neighbor was set to go on trial next Monday, but the trial date has now been pushed back to December. Jerry Wayne Fisher ...