An off-duty pilot who was in a jump seat in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday was charged with more than 80 counts of attempted murder after he tried to cut fuel to the engines, prompting the plane to divert to Portland, Ore., the authorities said. Flight 2059, operated by Horizon Airlines,…
An off-duty New York City police officer was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot during an apparent robbery as he tried to purchase a vehicle in Brooklyn on Saturday night, the authorities said. The shooting prompted a sprawling manhunt for the suspect. The officer, whose name was not released by the New York City…
An off-duty special agent with the F.B.I. fatally shot a person Wednesday evening after the two got into an altercation and fell about eight feet off a subway platform in downtown Washington, the authorities said. Ashan M. Benedict, the executive assistant chief of police at the Metropolitan Police Department, said at a news conference that…