The Minnesota BCA posted that 422 people have been victims of rape so far this year, with children the largest age group. Officials pointed to hotlines and the Track‑Kit portal.

A drive-by shooting in Cincinnati hospitalized one person, police say the victim is expected to recover as investigators search for leads.

A man was critically wounded in a shooting on the 1500 block of Burstock Road in southeast Columbus. Police say the case is under investigation.

A Chicago pickup man pleaded guilty to helping move about $3 million in cartel cash through a cross‑border "mirror swap" scheme, federal prosecutors say.

Seven years after the April 30, 2019 classroom shooting at UNC Charlotte, the campus will lay wreaths and remember Riley Howell and Reed Parlier. The Constellation Garden memorial remains a touchstone for the community.

A LaGrange man was arrested after an NCMEC cybertip led investigators to alleged child sexual-assault material. Authorities charged him with two counts of sexual exploitation of children.

Five Houston men were sentenced to long federal terms after a Homeland Security Task Force probe tied them to multi‑state meth and fentanyl shipments. Authorities say the case dismantled a Houston supply line.

Authorities say remains found April 16 in a Summerfield cul‑de‑sac were identified as 44‑year‑old Harry Lee Willard Jr.; officials await the medical examiner's findings.

A King County couple is accused of filing a fake will and funneling roughly $2.6 million from an Issaquah man’s estate, court papers say.

A 30-year-old Lenoir woman was killed after her SUV left northbound I‑77 and struck trees near mile marker 61 in Iredell County. State troopers say the investigation is ongoing.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence former East Cleveland chief of staff Michael Smedley to 97 months after his conviction on corruption charges.

A 69-year-old man was found shot to death inside a North Minneapolis home Wednesday night. Homicide detectives are investigating and have asked the public to come forward.

A man in his 50s was struck and killed near Manchester and Vermont avenues in Vermont Knolls; LAPD says the driver fled and detectives are searching.