Copperheads are the only venomous snake you’re likely to encounter in the Triangle and central NC. Here’s how to identify and avoid them.

Don’t go barefoot at night, but do use a flashlight. In general ... so they only bite people out of self-defense. “They would be unlikely to mistake something 100 times their size as a ...

A rise in gun ownership and stand-your-ground laws drives a lucrative new market to insulate shooters from criminal and civil ...

Over the weekend, the Columbus Police Department hosted its annual “Women’s Self Defense and Firearms Course.” Really what this program is is about teaching women how to look out for ...

The 17-year-old charged in the stabbing death of high school track star Austin Metcalf will face an "uphill battle" if his attorneys present a self-defense claim in court, one expert says.

In this week’s edition of my Freedom’s Journal column here in The Philadelphia Tribune, I am writing about a historic- and prescient- event in the defense of Black people that took place on ...

Shelby County Circuit Judge Carol Chumney issued an order Monday dismissing the lawsuit, saying in her ruling that Morant acted in self-defense and was immune from civil liability in the suit ...