LA smuggling ring leader sentenced to 22 years for trafficking 20K migrants into US

Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison for leading a massive human smuggling ring that brought roughly 20,000 Guatemalan migrants into the U.S.

Oxnard man convicted of filing fake deed to steal $4.8M beach home

A jury convicted Khambray Antoine Holloway for filing a false grant deed in an attempt to steal a $4.8 million Oxnard property.

Driver arrested after 8-vehicle Oxnard crash kills 2

A Santa Paula man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide after an eight-vehicle collision in Oxnard that left two people dead.

Christa Pike latest: Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed execution

The man who oversees Tennessee’s prison system will step down after Christa Pike’s failed execution, the state’s governor said Saturday.

2 missing Lancaster men ID'd after human remains found on remote property

Los Angeles County officials have identified two missing Lancaster men, Ricky Phillips and Edward Perez, whose remains were discovered during a homicide investigation on a local property.

Botched execution: Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator
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Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners.

Newly-released bodycam video shows Luigi Mangione’s arrest
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Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

2 killed in shooting at strip mall party near Cal State Northridge

Police are investigating a double homicide near Cal State Northridge that left a man and woman dead at a strip mall party on Nordhoff Street Friday night.

Nicole Linton guilty of second-degree murder in Windsor Hills crash
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Traveling nurse Nicole Linton has been found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder for triggering a fiery 130 mph crash in Windsor Hills in 2022.

Nicole Linton found guilty of second-degree murder in Windsor Hills crash that killed 6

Traveling nurse Nicole Linton has been found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder following the high-speed 2022 Windsor Hills crash that killed six people.

Nicole Linton murder trial: Jury deliberations underway in deadly Windsor Hills crash

Jury deliberations are underway Friday in the second-degree murder trial of traveling nurse Nicole Linton following the 2022 Windsor Hills crash that killed six people.

Jury deliberations underway in Windsor Hills crash case
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Nicole Linton was initially charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, but the less serious charges were dismissed after the prosecution announced at a hearing shortly before the trial began that it was not going to proceed with those counts, according to court records.

Bus driver fatally shot in Mar Vista in identified; gunman arrested

Jose Zayas has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing Culver City bus driver Bruce Rodriguez following a dispute aboard a bus in Mar Vista on Thursday night.

Bus driver shot and killed in Mar Vista
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The passenger got off the bus after the shooting, took his bicycle out of a rack in the front of the bus and rode away, police said. 

Hochul steps in, assigns state AG to Cornell fraternity sexual assault probe

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul moved to take a Cornell University sexual assault investigation out of local hands on Thursday, placing the state attorney general in charge.

3 dead after medical helicopter crashes off Catalina Island

A REACH Air Medical Services helicopter carrying five people crashed into the ocean off Catalina Island, leaving two dead, two hospitalized, and one missing.

Christa Pike in critical condition after failed execution attempt in Tennessee

Christa Pike's attorneys said Thursday that she's still alive after surviving Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal ​injection late Wednesday.

Rick Ross arrested on battery charge in Miami

Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday morning in Miami Beach in connection to an alleged domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend, according to police.