Sonoma County taekwondo instructor accused of lewd acts with youths

A taekwondo instructor has been accused of multiple sexual assaults involving children in Petaluma and Santa Rosa over at least two years, police said.

Port of New Orleans sues tanker owner hours after riverboat crash

The Port of New Orleans wasted no time in filing a lawsuit against the owners of an asphalt tanker the same day it slammed into a river cruise boat on the Mississippi.

Catcalls sparked Halloween triple killings in Texas, police say

The Texas shooting that killed three people, including two innocent bystanders, happened after one of the victims made catcalls at two women who were with the suspected shooter, police documents show.

Former police officer to be castrated in 'worst' child sex abuse case DA has ever seen

A former Louisiana police officer and volunteer firefighter will be castrated by the state in what the local district attorney called the “worst case" of child sexual abuse he’s ever seen. 

'COPS' crew films New Mexico jaywalking stop that ends in fatal police shooting

Newly released video shows a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shooting 26-year-old Izaeah Washington after a jaywalking stop in Albuquerque.

354 arrested in massive dark-web drug operation, DOJ says

Authorities arrested 354 people in a coordinated drug crackdown targeting the sale of illegal goods and services across multiple countries.

Richmond mom suffers axe attack; 14-year-old arrested after parking dispute

A 30-year-old Richmond mother is recovering from surgery after a 14-year-old neighbor allegedly struck her in the back with a carpenter's hammer during a parking dispute. Police arrested the teenager on charges of attempted murder and felony battery, while his mother faces charges of accessory and felony battery.

Texas man put to death for decapitating his three children

Texas death row inmate John Allen Rubio was executed Thursday by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 2003 murder of his three young children in Brownsville.

Shooting in DC's Logan Circle: What we know about the suspect

One person was killed and four others were wounded Thursday in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood before the suspect barricaded himself in an apartment.

Children rescued after holding up sign in window: 'HELP US'

Children in Florida are being praised for their bravery after holding a “HELP US" sign up in a window during a domestic disturbance. 

Arizona couple accused in pre-planned desert stabbing death of registered sex offender

A couple faces first-degree homicide charges after a 29-year-old registered sex offender was found stabbed to death in the Arizona desert in an alleged pre-planned murder.

Hurricane Harvey relief fraud: 56-year-old Texas woman sentenced to federal prison

A Texas woman has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $537,209 after fraudulently obtaining a custom Hurricane Harvey relief home and threatening a witness.

Federal jury convicts two brothers in $240 million Fort Worth cattle Ponzi scheme

A federal jury in Fort Worth convicted brothers Joshua and Jason Link for orchestrating a $240 million Agridime cattle investment Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 2,200 victims.

Woman found buried in basement nearly 40 years ago finally identified

Authorities utilized forensic genetic genealogy and identified a 31-year-old woman as a second woman found buried in the basement of a Tennessee home in 1987, closing a nearly 40-year-old cold case mystery.

Suspected DUI driver faces murder charges in North Hollywood crash that killed 3 women

Ihor Demianenko, 61, has been booked on suspicion of murder after crashing a minivan into sidewalk food stands outside the North Hollywood Metro station, killing three women and injuring two others.