Prosecutors dismissed murder and weapons charges in January, leaving no conviction in the April 2025 death of 22‑year‑old Jorden Mason.

Walking-beat officers in east San Jose stopped a parked vehicle and seized suspected meth, a meth pipe, a tear-gas-style can and hats with alleged cartel insignia; one person was booked.

A two-alarm fire early Thursday damaged a Berkeley Hills home and spread to a nearby building; utility crews responded and no injuries were reported.

A man who grabbed a student at Sequoia High was sentenced to 2½ years but released after credit for time served.

The parents of SFPD recruit Jon‑Marques Psalms sued the city alleging negligence, withheld video and a cover‑up after he collapsed during an academy drill and died days later.

DEA links counterfeit Xanax to a cluster of Cook County overdoses as investigators find fentanyl and designer sedatives in pressed pills.

A Lincoln nanny was arrested after police say a child was hurt at Markham Ravine Park. Investigators say the child is safe and the case remains under review.

A January enforcement operation along Stockton Boulevard recovered about 40 suspected trafficking victims and resulted in 121 arrests, officials say.

A Miami Gardens woman was arrested on a first-degree arson charge after police say she set her boyfriend’s clothes on fire inside their efficiency, prompting a 911 call.

Baker's lone fire station is often the only lifeline on a deadly stretch of I-15. County fire warns of early heat, long waits and urges drivers to carry water and chargers.

DEA New York says two arrests and a large seizure — including about 120,000 counterfeit pills and 2 kg of fentanyl — came from a March takedown.

A Miami physician was arrested after police say video shows him raping a patient who said she was sedated before a cosmetic procedure.

An 18-year-old faces weapons charges after an October drive-by at an Ingleside birthday party that killed a 19-year-old; investigators recovered a firearm, sheriff’s office says.