Surfside Beach, South Carolina is on the frontlines of climate change. Rising sea levels have left daunting prospects for the city’s heavily tourism-dependent economy. In a population of 4,000, ...

President Trump has lifted restrictions on a controversial program that sends surplus military equipment to police agencies around the country. The announcement came from Attorney General Jeff ...

Update: The story and the list of military-style gear obtained by area law enforcement agencies was updated at 10:05 a.m. July 20 with additional information from the Raleigh Police Department. As ...

The U.S. military has supplied South Carolina law enforcement agencies with a total of $64 million worth of equipment since two controversial programs began in 1990, data show. That equipment, ...

One of the most overblown and poorly thought-out federal policy changes in recent years reduced law enforcement’s access to the 1033 program. Authorized in 1990, this program allowed police to scoop ...

US police departments large and small applaud the program that enables them to receive equipment and gear that would be costly to buy for free. The program was started in 1990 and was later restricted ...

In 2014, the ACLU reported that police departments in Arizona had collectively amassed a military arsenal that included: 712 rifles, 64 armored vehicles, 42 forced-entry tools, 32 bomb suits, 704 ...

Alabama's law enforcement agencies can once again request and receive military surplus equipment under the Department of Defense's 1033 program. The program has come under intense criticism over the ...

Police do not need an 18th Century infantry sword to “protect and serve” communities. Nor do they need Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), grenade launchers, or other weapons of war.