France: Video shows armed robbery foiled by unyielding bar owner

An unyielding bar owner in France foiled an armed robbery on 15 April, even while carrying a patrons baby. CCTV footage of Nathalie Leclerc-Pelans bar in Champ-du-Boult shows the woman conversing with customers and carrying an infant when a masked man brandishing a handgun comes through the door. Apr 22, 2016

FBI releases video showing Oregon occupier being shot by police

The FBI on Thursday (January 28) released a video investigators say shows one of the occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge reach for his jacket pocket before he was shot dead by law enforcement after speeding away from a traffic stop where the groups leader was arrested. Jan 29, 2016

Drone contraband prison plot foiled

Maryland officials said they foiled a plot to use a drone to sneak contraband items into maximum-security state prisons in western Maryland on 24 August. Two suspects were arrested 22 August, after being spotted in a vehicle on a property adjacent to the Western Correctional Institution and the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland. Aug 25, 2015

Elvis auction puts 150 items up for grabs at Graceland

An Elvis Presley jacket from the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas and more than 150 other items belonging to the late singer went up for auction on 13 August as part of Elvis Week events at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee. Aug 14, 2015

Protests return to Ferguson streets, state of emergency in effect

The city of Ferguson, Missouri is dealing with the tumultuous end to a weekend meant to commemorate the life of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. On 10 August, a county official declared a state of emergency after the one-year anniversary demonstrations were rocked by violence. Aug 11, 2015