CNN  —  A 61-year-old man was arrested and charged Tuesday in the theft of 12 squirrel monkeys from a zoo in Broussard, Louisiana, police said. The animals, however, have not yet been found, Broussard Police Chief Vance Olivier told CNN. The 12 squirrel monkeys were…

Residents of an Ohio town who were ordered to evacuate last week after a train carrying a toxic chemical derailed and caught fire will be allowed to return, officials said Wednesday.The train carrying tankers of vinyl chloride derailed in East Palestine, a village of around…

A Philadelphia police officer was shot Wednesday during a traffic stop and a suspect was being sought, authorities said. The unidentified officer and his partner stopped a vehicle with three people inside near the intersection of 60th and Market streets around 3:30 p.m., Fox Philadelphia reported.…

A hammer-wielding woman recorded on video yelling racist remarks outside a family’s St. Louis home last year was charged Wednesday with three felonies, authorities said. Fatima Suarez, 22, who said her family has been harassed for more than a year, said Wednesday that it shouldn’t…

A gunman who confessed to targeting people of Mexican descent in a mass shooting at a Texas Walmart that left 22 people dead pleaded guilty Wednesday to dozens of hate crimes, federal authorities said.Patrick Crusius, 24, entered the plea after federal prosecutors said last month…

A Philadelphia police officer was shot and critically wounded during a vehicle investigation, and two suspects were being sought, authorities said Wednesday.Officials said the officer was shot at least twice shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in west Philadelphia and was taken to a hospital in…