A DCFS document suggests the agency had prior contact before the starvation death of 8-year-old Markell Pierce in Round Lake Beach. The finding has spurred calls for transparency.

A Midtown cabbie was carjacked at gunpoint Sunday; police recovered the vehicle downtown and took a person of interest into custody. No injuries were reported.

A Columbus man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2024 North Linden shooting and accepted a 7–10 year term that runs with other weapons and drug convictions.

A pedestrian was critically injured after being struck on the 5000 block of Idlewild Road North in east Charlotte; MEDIC says the victim was hospitalized with life‑threatening injuries.

Salt Lake City crews fought a second‑alarm structure fire on South Main; the department says the building was unoccupied and media staging was set up nearby.

Four people died in an early‑morning fiery crash in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, state police said. Authorities say the cause is under investigation.

Transit District 4 officers arrested a wanted repeat offender at Bowery Station after spotting him smoking, the NYPD said.

A shooting near Washington Avenue left one person injured and a suspect barricaded inside a property while SWAT responded. Police asked people to avoid the area.

A floor collapsed at the Preserve at Chocorua during a wedding in Tamworth, N.H., injuring multiple people as emergency crews responded to the scene. State fire marshals are investigating.

A 54‑year‑old woman died after emergency crews responded to a West Side El Paso spa; police say the death is being investigated as a drowning. Detectives continue to canvass the scene.

A 3-year-old boy was pulled from the Snake Creek Canal near NW 199th Street in Miami Gardens and taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Police responded to a reported shooting just after 8 p.m. Saturday at Avistar at the Oaks near Thousand Oaks and Wetmore. Authorities have not released details as investigators remain on scene.

A 39-year-old motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a Buick on State Road 50 at Taylor Creek Road, troopers said. The crash left both vehicles burning as investigators worked the scene.