Dallas police shooting

Law enforcement officials throughout the state are grappling with the recent attacks on police officers.

Almost a week after the Dallas sniper attacks, it's still unclear how the gunman obtained an honorable discharge from the military even though Army officials sent him home from Afghanistan with a recommendation that he be thrown out of the armed forces.

President Barack Obama will quickly return to the delicate balancing act of supporting law enforcement while addressing concerns of bias from some of the communities they serve.

Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.

A police union official says four off-duty Minneapolis officers working a WNBA game walked off the job at the city's Target Center arena Saturday after Minnesota Lynx players wore pregame warm-up jerseys supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

Military service changed the Dallas gunman from an extrovert into a hermit, his parents said in an excerpt of an interview published Monday.

Police in riot gear managed to keep a group of protesters late Sunday in Baton Rouge from entering a major artery, Interstate 110 in Baton Rouge, thwarting a tactic that social justice activists have increasingly tried in some major cities to protest the deaths.

For President Barack Obama, the decision to return early from an overseas trip after a series of shocking shootings will prove to be easy compared to his next challenge: Comforting an America that has witnessed a rash of shootings.

They were spouses and parents. They volunteered in schools and at church. And they had sworn to serve and protect. The five officers killed in Thursday's sniper attack in Dallas are being remembered for their character and service to others.

The White House says President Barack Obama will cut short his European trip and visit Dallas early next week, as the city mourns five police officers killed by a sniper.