San Diego leaders joined tribal chairs and federal partners this week to sign an MOU in Sacramento aimed at speeding investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people. The pact creates new data‑sharing and rapid‑response protocols advocates say are overdue.

Deputies found a body inside a barn on the 2800 block of Land Road in Cherokee County’s Clayton community; investigators say the remains appeared to have been there for days.

Hayward officers responding to a trespassing complaint recognized two people tied to a Feb. 3 Fremont killing; both were booked on suspicion of homicide at Santa Rita Jail.

A pre-dawn blaze on Manhattan’s Lower East Side injured seven people and was labeled "suspicious" by the FDNY; investigators are probing the cause.

A Columbus woman was indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide and OVI charges after an October crash on the southeast side that killed her passenger.

Two students at North Crowley’s ninth‑grade campus were burned after hot water was poured on them; the district is investigating.

Two teenage girls face robbery and assault charges after a woman says she was robbed and beaten outside a Mobil in East Boston. One suspect resisted arrest; both are due in Chelsea Juvenile Court.

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison sued the former leaders of We Push for Peace, alleging they misused more than $6.5 million in charitable assets. The complaint names Trahern Pollard and Jaclyn McGuigan.

A Hesperia High School wrestling coach was arrested and booked on suspicion of lewd acts with a child; detectives say they believe there may be additional victims.

Deputies found a man dead in a ditch in Fairwood Friday; officials say he suffered an apparent gunshot wound and a firearm was located nearby. The investigation is ongoing.

A federal judge refused to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit after a woman was found in a Lemon Grove ditch; claims against deputies will move forward.

NYPD Crime Stoppers posted surveillance images after a 29-year-old woman was pushed and had a package stolen at West 116th Street. Police are asking anyone with footage to call.

Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez — the subject of the Motive podcast and a $25M wrongful‑conviction award — was ordered held after a Feb. 16 Homewood weapons arrest and a parole violation tied to a 2015 shooting.