Since February, WNBA star Brittney Griner has been locked in a Russian prison on allegations of marijuana possession. Over the Fourth of July weekend, Griner sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to help free her and return her home safely.

According to police, Robert "Bobby" Crimo III considered attacking another holiday event.

American cities across the nation experienced a spike in gun violence over the Fourth of July weekend. At least 220 people were killed and 570 were wounded nationwide.

A toddler is now an orphan following the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was attending the local Fourth of July parade with his mom Irina McCarthy and dad Kevin McCarthy when bullets started to fly.

A Connecticut man was arrested after shoving an 11-year-old boy off his bike. Police say it all started when 11-year-old Daniel Duncan and a friend accidentally bumped into 48-year-old Jameson Chapman on a street in Deep River, Connecticut.

Illegal fireworks seem to be lighting up the July 4th skies way too much. In one California neighborhood, police say illegal fireworks are to blame for the death of a young man.

Crowds of peaceful protesters marched through Akron, Ohio, after police there released bodycam video of the last moments of Jayland Walker’s life.

Seconds after arriving on scene an officer helped colleagues pull a teen from a burning car. It happened in Greenfield, Indiana. Three officers separately rushed to a call of a car crash.

Relief for everyone after a missing man was found alive. The 81-year-old named Daniel had been reported missing a day earlier. There was concern for him after loved ones say he left home without his medication.