Family killer Chris Watts seeks prison marriage with new love interest: report

The convicted murderer, who killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters and is currently serving several life sentences in prison, has reportedly found a new love interest, Lizzie Henderson.

California traffic stop leads to $817K cocaine seizure, CHP says

California authorities seized about 30 pounds of suspected cocaine worth an estimated $817,200 during a traffic stop.

Good Samaritan shot during struggle in TJ Maxx parking lot in Alameda

A good Samaritan ended up in the hospital Saturday after being shot outside a TJ Maxx store in Alameda while trying to help someone who was involved in a struggle with the suspect.

Spurned boyfriend pleads guilty to 2024 quadruple murder, arson in Lancaster

Miguel Diego Sandoval pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and arson in a 2024 Lancaster home invasion that killed four people and three pets.

Ventura chiropractor sentenced to 6 years for sexual battery

Ventura chiropractor Fernando Juarez Gomez Jr. received a six-year prison sentence for committing sexual battery against five female patients between 2022 and 2024.

Ex-LAPD detective rearrested in cold case
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Former LAPD detective and convicted rapist Michael Douglas Brambles was rearrested in August 2026 following cold-case DNA evidence linking him to a 1994 kidnapping and robbery in Thousand Oaks. He had previously been paroled in 2020 after serving part of a 102-year sentence.

Pop Smoke killer sentenced to 4 more years
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Deijae Jester confessed to fatally shooting the "Dior" rapper in February 2020 in the Hollywood Hills. He was 18 when he confessed and was 15 years old at the time of the deadly shooting.

US homicide rate falls to 75-year low as violent crime declines, FBI says

The U.S. homicide rate fell to its lowest level in 75 years in 2025 as violent and property crime declined nationwide, according to new FBI data.

Florida cold case suspect allegedly confesses to 1987 murder and reveals secret crime-scene details

A Florida man charged in the 1987 killing of a 20-year-old mother allegedly confessed after contacting authorities himself and investigators say he described details of the crime scene that had never been publicly released.

Map: Flock cameras targeted by vandals across US

Rising incidents of vandalism and law enforcement misuse connected to license plate readers are sparking alarm over how widespread the Flock cameras have become nationwide.

CA teen pleads guilty to kicking sea lion
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18-year-old Tyler Muehl of La Jolla pleaded guilty in federal court to harassing wildlife after a viral video showed him kicking a sea lion.

Judge moves Alex Murdaugh murder retrial from small rural county amid ongoing legal twists

The judge in Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial decided Friday to move the case out of a rural South Carolina county but stopped short of ruling on the defense's request to dismiss the case altogether.

Son ruled legally insane in 2022 dismemberment murder of mother in Camarillo

David Hoetzlein was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the 2022 murder of his mother in Camarillo, California, and faces placement in a state mental hospital.

DOJ: US Army veteran defrauded the VA of over $170,000

A U.S. Army veteran has been found guilty of defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of over $170,000 in caregiver benefit payments that he was not entitled to receive.