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A 76-year-old U.S. man is in jail after police say he went after his housemate with a chain saw.

A 73-year-old woman was sexually assaulted Wednesday in New York's Central Park in the middle of the day, police said. The victim was bird watching in the vicinity of 74th Street and Central Park West, also known as Strawberry Fields, just before noon when her alleged attacker approached her. The woman told police they exchanged words and he sexually assaulted her.

A New Jersey woman is accused of fatally poisoning her husband’s 88-year-old grandmother with antifreeze.

An 87-year-old man was charged with growing more than 400 marijuana plants at his Colorado home.

A 63-year-old woman grabbed a burglar less than half her age after she found him in her home and made him wait for the police, according to reports.

The Newark Police Department gives seniors hands-on training designed to empower.