A man was found shot dead inside a vehicle near Truman Road and Cleveland Avenue as Kansas City police opened a homicide investigation.

A Greenville mother allegedly hid a DNA result showing another man fathered her child while collecting nearly $90,000 in Social Security benefits.

Rosenberg is weighing its first property-tax increase in nearly a decade to help close a $2.5 million budget gap. Service cuts and layoffs are also on the table.

A Louisville man is accused of using threats and access to sexually exploit a teenage girl over several months. He now faces rape, trafficking, sodomy and abuse charges.

A fatal motorcycle collision has closed SR 99 near Lincoln Way with no reopening estimate. Troopers are investigating as drivers seek alternate routes.

A DMV-approved partner is adding surprise fees to California registration bills while lawmakers struggle to rein in the model.

NYC’s co-op approval process now comes with a 15-day acknowledgment rule and a 45-day decision clock.

Scam victims can lose their savings, then face IRS bills on money stolen from retirement accounts. A bipartisan House bill aims to change that.

Two longtime downtown Portland food cart pods could close in September over costly sewer and grease-control upgrades. Nineteen carts may be forced to find new homes.

A Johns Hopkins public-health researcher was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. Her Baltimore-area coworkers quickly raised tens of thousands for legal help.

Three men were stabbed inside a long-abandoned north St. Louis school, leaving one victim in critical condition and two others stable.

Concrete debris landed on a downtown Boston sidewalk and roadway after part of a four-story building facade collapsed. No injuries were reported.

DHS says more than 900 human traffickers were arrested and nearly 200 victims rescued, but the announcement offers few details. A South Texas case provides a closer look at the crimes behind the headline.