Early in 2022, the Memphis Police Department created a "SCORPION" unit — Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods — a specialized group of four roving 10-person teams that use ...

The five former officers charged in the incident were in the unit. Officials in Memphis, Tennessee, released dramatic body camera footage Friday of the fatal confrontation between Tyre Nichols and ...

Pat Milton, an award-winning journalist, is the senior producer of the CBS News Investigative Unit, specializing in national security, the FBI, Intelligence and federal law enforcement. A former ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat is calling on agencies with SCOPIRON units to rename them in the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death. Nichols died on Jan. 10, three days five police ...

The Memphis Police Department announced on Saturday that it has permanently deactivated its "Scorpion Unit" after the death of Tyre Nichols. Members of the Scorpion Unit were involved in the traffic ...

A special unit in the Memphis Police Department is facing scrutiny after two of its officers were recently fired for their role in the death of Tyre Nichols. Less than two years after its inception, ...

“Scorpion” star Robert Patrick gets to cheat death in the latest episode of the CBS series. When a mission in the desert results in exploding shrapnel that seriously wounds Cabe (Patrick), Team ...

Liberty University’s founder and chancellor, Jerry Falwell, made headlines after his death, in May, for the $29-million life-insurance payout he bequeathed to the university. Now the release of his ...

Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard knows all about the sting of heartbreak. It is, after all, the basis for some-- okay, most-- of his lyrics. But the sting of a fucking scorpion? 'Tis a pain ...

Key Point: Nuclear submarines are a powerful that can have powerful consequences when something goes wrong. The discovery of wreckage from the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan in November 2018 grimly ...

Last year on Slate’s sports podcast “Hang Up and Listen,” Josh Levin recounted one of the most spectacular events of 1934: a fight between a scorpion and a spider in a California garage. An adapted ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In early 2022, as violent crime rose in Memphis, Mayor Jim Strickland set out his ideas for returning safety to the city. At the top of his plan: Increase funding to the Memphis ...