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, ...

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, ...

A database of every item the Pentagon has sent to local, state and federal authorities since 2006 sheds light on the massive scope, and evolution,... Amid widespread criticism of the deployment of ...

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.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) --The University of Maryland Police Department will no longer take part in a program that allows police departments to obtain surplus military equipment for law enforcement use ...

The federal 1033 program, which began in 1990 as part of the War on Drugs, has supplied law enforcement with at least $7.4 billion in surplus Department of Defense military gear and non-tactical gear, ...

Correction: This article was updated to correct the list of equipment received by the Marion County Sheriff's Office. A federal program has put millions of dollars of decommissioned military equipment ...

Though the 1033 program is often used to obtain non-tactical supplies from the military, such as office supplies, workout equipment, pickup trucks, first-aid kits, etc. more than half of the $64 ...