Particle6’s plan to cast AI-created Tilly Norwood in a feature reignites Hollywood’s fight over unions, consent and how synthetic performers fit into L.A. work rules.

The sheriff’s office opened a 30‑day public review of six draft policies — including a new corrections arrest policy — and says submitted comments will be public record.

NYPD Crime Stoppers released images seeking a suspect in a May 31 Washington Heights slashing. A $3,500 reward is being offered.

Folsom police are investigating after a body was found early Monday near a business on East Bidwell Street. Officials say there is no known threat while detectives work the scene.

A jury convicted Akida Diaba Dudley in multiple decades-old sexual assaults after DNA from untested Detroit rape kits linked him to the cases. Sentencing is Aug. 10.

Video shows two rescue boats burning in Baltimore Harbor on Monday; footage shows flames across both vessels while details remain scarce.

Harris County broke ground July 13 on the Poor Farm Ditch rebuild, a $32.7M project meant to boost stormwater capacity and protect roughly 500 inner-loop homes. Work will be staged to limit disruption and is managed by the Flood Control District.

A woman was wounded in Munster Saturday and a suspected shooter barricaded inside a home before negotiators with a regional SWAT team took the person into custody.

Sheriff Dallas Baldwin acknowledged that jail staff violated his ICE‑detention policy after reporting showed a detainee was held post‑bond and turned over to ICE.

An ax-wielding man barricaded himself inside a Fullerton smoke shop Sunday, prompting a SWAT standoff and the temporary closure of Harbor Boulevard. Officials say the clerk escaped and negotiators are on scene.

A Portland couple faces sentencing after their 15‑month‑old nearly died from fentanyl; court records and surveillance footage form the basis of a plea calling for 18 months.

A magnitude‑6.7 earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands on July 13; Hawaii EMA and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center say there is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i.

San Antonio police are seeking a man accused of threatening a Target loss-prevention worker with a knife after an attempted theft at the Alamo Ranch store. Authorities want tips via Crime Stoppers.