A small blaze was set inside the CPMC Van Ness emergency room early Thursday; firefighters say the fire was extinguished and contained to bedding and operations were unaffected.

Dunwoody and Alpharetta disabled public police dashboards after restricted juvenile data appeared on incident logs. Officials say the portals are offline while vendor settings and access controls are reviewed.

Whittier agreed to a $3.5M settlement after four women sued, saying a former Explorer adviser sexually abused them as teens in the 1970s.

DNA testing linked skeletal remains found at a Gwinnett construction site to a Duluth man who vanished in July 2020. The medical examiner confirmed the ID; the cause of death remains under review.

Federal agents seized 255 kilograms of cocaine in Ontario and arrested one person, the FBI said. The haul was taken before it could be distributed in local neighborhoods.

Stoughton posted a Flock Safety data packet saying license‑plate cameras will be used for hotlist alerts and retroactive searches; officials will brief the finance committee.

A jury convicted Oscar Diaz Romero in the 1997 Adams Morgan restaurant slayings; he was extradited from El Salvador and faces sentencing on June 5, 2026.

An early‑morning shooting in Serra Mesa left a man with broken bones; police recovered a shotgun and are searching for a suspect.

Border Patrol arrested a Mexican national with a prior child‑sex conviction during a maritime smuggling interception; federal illegal‑reentry charges followed.

An internal LAPD review found body-worn video that appears to conflict with an arrest report at Pueblo Del Rio in South L.A.; two Newton officers were pulled from patrol pending investigation.

The NYPD's 20th Precinct warned Upper West Side residents that thieves are entering homes to steal key fobs and vehicles. The post lists prevention steps and precinct contact info.

A pedestrian was killed Thursday on the 4300 block of W. Point Loma Boulevard. Police say the driver stayed at the scene and DUI is not suspected.

A Miami‑Dade deputy accused of hiding about 60 MDMA pills in Skittles packets at PortMiami will face a June trial after a judge learned he passed a court drug test. Prosecutors say the pills were bound for a music‑festival cruise.