A hostage scene at a south Las Vegas apartment left a 3‑year‑old dead and his father killed by police as investigators review bodycam footage and conflicting family accounts.

A nearly blind Rohingya refugee was found dead in Buffalo after Border Patrol dropped him at a Tim Hortons and did not notify his family. Officials are demanding answers.

Police say a 46-year-old Livermore man admitted to using a found credit card at 14 stores; the case has been forwarded to the Alameda County DA.

A Pontiac man pleaded guilty after deputies say two loaded guns were hidden in the parking lot of a high‑school graduation last June. Sentencing is set for April 14.

A Magalia mother has pleaded no contest to five counts of child endangerment after prosecutors say she let her 11-year-old daughter drive a Jeep into a home. Sentencing is set for March 25.

A Manhattan judge convicted Skiboky Stora in a string of street attacks prosecutors called hate crimes. The case drew social‑media evidence and victim testimony; sentencing is set for April 14.

Sheriff's deputies say a Saugus man contaminated a roommate's food with Raid bug spray, triggering a Feb. 24 standoff and a mental‑health response. Detectives served a search warrant as the probe continues.

Mountain View police say a DUI stop early Saturday led to the seizure of a loaded, unregistered handgun and the arrest of a 29‑year‑old driver.

A 44-year-old man was arrested after fleeing from officers at a Hillsboro Costco and hiding in a tree. Police recovered a firearm and booked him on multiple charges.

The Detroit Fire Department says veteran firefighter Patrick 'Pat' Trout's Jan. 5 death has been ruled a line-of-duty death after the Macomb County medical examiner's review.

A South Fairmount BP attendant helped smother flames after a man caught fire at a pump around 6:30 a.m. The victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Investigators are probing the cause.

A 15-year-old was injured in a Harlem shooting Wednesday morning and NYPD is searching for a suspect.

Two Fort Lauderdale men were jailed after a 17-year-old reported a sexual assault at Mills Pond Park. Arrest documents describe a makeshift tarp tent and alleged acts in police paperwork.