RALEIGH (AP) — Emergency tapes released Monday show workers dialed 911 in a frenzy after escaping an explosion that killed three workers at a Slim Jim processing plant, with one panicked woman telling dispatchers: “ConAgra just blew up!” The 15 audio tapes portray the early moments after the blast rocked the sprawling facility in Garner, a few miles south...

Alexandria Police say the department will begin an investigation to determine whether any of its officers walked away from a city apartment, refusing a husband’s plea that police break down his door and check on the well-being of his wife and one-and-a-half year-old son. The woman was found inside the apartment about four hours later, unconscious on a bloody floor,...

Portions of police recordings indicate Brian Cardall was fatally stunned with a Taser after receiving 42 seconds of verbal warnings to “get down on the ground.” The information comes from attorney Peter Stirba, who was recently hired by the Hurricane Police Department after one of its officers used a Taser device on Cardall just before Cardall died. In a statement...

The dramatic transcript from the mother of Mike Tyson’s daughter to a 911 dispatcher has been obtained by TMZ.com. Tyson’s daughter died tragically last week at the age of four after she was found hanging from a treadmill by its power cable. Read the full article here.