Federal prosecutors say more than 76 kilograms of vacuum‑sealed hashish were found in two checked suitcases at Miami International Airport; two men were indicted.

James Douglas Drayton pleaded guilty to the 2022 killings of five men in Inman and was sentenced to five consecutive life terms without parole. Families told the judge the sentence matches the scale of the loss.

Four Cascio siblings filed a federal suit in Los Angeles alleging decades‑long abuse and child sex trafficking and are asking a court to void a 2020 settlement.

Mesa police arrested a 15-year-old Dobson High student after an FBI tip led to searches that turned up tactical gear, replica weapons and extremist materials.

Detectives released surveillance stills after shots were fired on Feb. 12 in Reserve and asked the public to identify the pictured person.

A Union County jury found Maurice Lamon Stitt guilty on multiple child-sex charges; prosecutors say the abuse began in 2003 and the victim later came forward as an adult.

A woman police identified as Aniyah Moore was arrested after a pursuit that started in McKees Rocks and ended on Pittsburgh’s North Side; officers say she had an illegally modified automatic Glock.

A South Carolina fugitive, Dennis Jerry Conner, was arrested in Franklin County after deputies followed a tip to a Pleasant Hill Road address in Martin, Ga.

Phoenix police were involved in a shooting Friday night near I‑17 and 19th Avenue in south Phoenix. Investigators remained on scene as officials collected evidence and interviewed witnesses.

A man was rescued from a backyard embankment in Sherman Oaks Thursday night after a fall; LAFD says he was taken to a hospital in grave condition.

A former Mustang High School teacher was sentenced to concurrent prison terms after pleading no contest to multiple sexual-assault counts tied to a student.

A Lowell officer returned to duty nearly three weeks after a campus crash that killed retired Gloucester firefighter Daniel Kennedy as state investigators continue their probe.

A Hydro couple was arrested and charged after a minor reported she was pregnant; investigators say alleged abuse stretches back to 2020.