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Slowing Winds Aid Saddleridge Firefight, Evacuations Lifted
Evacuations orders for the Saddleridge Fire were lifted Saturday evening, after the fire forced tens of thousands of people to be evacuated.
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'Clueless' Star Stacey Dash's Domestic Battery Case Dropped Days After Arrest
Stacey Dash’s domestic battery case was dropped days after the “Clueless” actress was arrested in Florida for allegedly pushing and slapping a man across the face following a verbal argument. According to court records, prosecutors in Pasco County dropped the case on Thursday, a day after she pleaded not guilty to a domestic battery charge.
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Ortiz Shooting: 6 Suspects Arrested, Including Alleged Gunman
An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero. Four other suspects were also being pursued in the shooting, which witnesses said was carried out...
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Boyfriend of Waterbury Homicide Victim Charged With Murder: Police
The boyfriend of a 33-year-old woman who was found dead in the driveway of her Waterbury home early Monday morning has been charged with murder as well as other charges and bond has been set at $3.75 million bond, according to Waterbury police.
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States Consider Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Amid Ramped Up Immigration Enforcement
Jorge was driving a friend’s car in December 2017 when a police officer in Long Island stopped him. Because the car’s registration had expired, and because Jorge was driving without a license, the officer slapped him with a $300 fine. “Thank god he only gave me a ticket,” Jorge, 49, told NBC in Spanish. It could have been much worse....
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Vallejo Residents Demand Change After Fatal Police Shootings
A plea for an outside agency or civil rights group to review the Vallejo Police Department has been renewed by residents and activists after the fatal shooting in February of a young black rapper, Willie McCoy, by six officers — the 16th death involving Vallejo officers since 2011, police records show. In San Francisco, with a population more than seven...
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‘Highly Aggressive' Bull Mounts Car, Attacks Woman in New Jersey: Police
A ‘highly aggressive’ bull in New Jersey went berserk, attacking its owner and charging at police officers after it got out of its enclosure.
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3 Armed Robbery Suspects Facing Multiple Charges as Search Continues for 4th Suspect
Neighbors in Brockton, Massachusetts, are feeling uneasy as police continue searching for an armed robbery suspect still on the run. A manhunt started Saturday night at the corner of Bristol and Carl avenues in Brockton as police searched for four men allegedly involved in an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store. The suspects jumped out of a white car down...
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Former Addicts Partner With Virginia Police to Fight Addiction Epidemic
After a few years of being clean from heroin, Courtney Nunnally decided she wanted to use her own experience to help others. Under an innovative program in Virginia, she rides along with police to tell addicts: If I could recover, so can you.
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Black Man Trying to Cash Paycheck is Handcuffed After Bank Teller Calls 911
An Ohio man trying to cash his paycheck from a new job was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car after a bank teller called 911 on the false belief the check was fraudulent, NBC News reports. Now the bank is apologizing as reports of the incident have sparked a new hashtag, #BankingWhileBlack.
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Jenni ‘JWoww' Farley of ‘Jersey Shore' Files Restraining Order Against Ex
Apparently the Jersey Shore isn’t big enough for reality star Jenni “JWoww” Farley and her estranged husband. Farley filed a restraining order against Roger Mathews Thursday night after the two got into an argument that ended with Matthews in the back of a police car.
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Florida Baby Born After Hurricane Michael Starts Life in Walmart Parking Lot
With the hurricane bearing down on their native home of Panama City, Wilmer Capps and Lorrainda Smith sent their three other children to stay with relatives as doctors had planned to induce labor the day after Michael made landfall.
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‘Pandemonium': 5 Shot Inside Suburban Philadelphia Walmart After Argument at Cash Register, Suspect Identified
An argument inside a crowded suburban Philadelphia Walmart escalated into a shooting, crash and fight with responding officers that left five people, including Walmart workers and police officers, injured, investigators said.
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British LGBTQ Rights Activist Detained in Russia
A British LGBT activist has been detained near the Red Square in Moscow for protesting against Russia’s abuse of homosexual people. Peter Tatchell stood outside the Kremlin on Thursday holding a banner critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying “Putin fails to act against Chechnya torture of gay people.”
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British LGBTQ Rights Activist Detained in Russia
A British LGBT activist has been detained near the Red Square in Moscow for protesting against Russia’s abuse of homosexual people. Peter Tatchell stood outside the Kremlin on Thursday holding a banner critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying “Putin fails to act against Chechnya torture of gay people.”
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Tesla in Autopilot Mode Crashes Into California Police Car
Authorities say a Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode has crashed into a parked police cruiser in Southern California.
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10-Year-Old Boy Drives Stolen Vehicle Into Police Car
Authorities in Maine say a 10-year-old boy is safe after taking off in a stolen car and hitting a police vehicle.
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‘Very Sober' Man Calls 911 to Report Pig Following Him Home From Train Station: Police
Cops in one Ohio town got an usual 911 call over the weekend. It was from a man who said he was walking home from an Amtrak station.
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G-Eazy Breaks Silence After Conviction in Sweden
Following his arrest and conviction of assault, drug possession and resisting arrest in Sweden earlier this week, G-Eazy, who was born Gerald Gillum, is “grateful” to be a free man — so said the rapper on social media earlier today. On Friday, G-Eazy avoided jail time but was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay 80,000 krona (around...
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G-Eazy Arrested for Assault in Sweden
G-Eazy has been arrested in Sweden. Video footage obtained by TMZ shows the “Him & I” rapper getting loaded into a police car in Stockholm, hours after performing in the city with his girlfriend, Halsey, on Wednesday night. TMZ reports that G-Eazy was partying in a club and “acting belligerent” when security approached the rapper to get him to calm...