CRIME

(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he’ll change more than 500 death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole, though the state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of those cases. Newsom’s decision comes as he prepares to...

(Headline USA) A female postal worker shot two fellow female employees at the main post office in Iowa’s capital city Thursday before being captured nearby, authorities said. A male employee was injured in a fall while trying to escape. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, police said. “They’re...

(Headline USA) An FBI agent drove his government car the wrong way down a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare, blew through a red light and then struck a pedestrian before speeding away, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Andrew Reyes later lied to investigators about the Feb. 3 hit-and-run that left the victim seriously...

(Headline USA) A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara, 49, was arrested in Colombia on Sunday and faces a...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Democrat LaKesha Womack unseated Republican Rep. Tim Moore for his congressional seat in North Carolina on Tuesday, despite her facing a felony charge for failing to return a rental car. Womack won the state’s 14th district, which covers part of Charlotte, with 51.1% of the votes...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Lawyers for a man arrested when he was a teenager for attempting to provide support to ISIS have asked a judge for a relatively lenient sentence on the grounds that FBI informants encouraged their client’s terroristic behavior. The defendant, Alexander Scott Mercurio, was arrested in April...

(Headline USA) One of two sheriff's deputies wounded in a firefight with a suspect in Washington state has died, and the other is not expected to survive, authorities said Wednesday. Deputies responded to a home in Spangle, a small farming community south of Spokane, on Tuesday afternoon after a woman told...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In a multiagency action in Texas border counties, federal agents seized more than 1,600 pounds of narcotics, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, and arrested 89 people. Through Operation Southern Surge, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol K9 teams, Homeland Security Investigations, the...

(Headline USA) Florida authorities said two people were dead, including a suspect, after witnesses reported a shooting Wednesday at Citibank’s sprawling business complex that employs thousands in the Tampa area. More than 360 deputies swarmed the campus, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. TV video showed long lines of workers...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) At least 20 Democrats received preservation letters as part of the Trump administration's investigation into the "decoy Dan Sullivan" scheme, an effort allegedly designed to confuse voters seeking to support incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan. Among the recipients of the letters was Marc Elias, a Democratic attorney...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 230 illegal foreign nationals in 15 states in a three-day operation cracking down on commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) violations. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the results of Operation Guardian at a news conference at Melton...

(Headline USA) A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday to The Associated Press through a public records request. In a tense call lasting a little more than a minute, Kaylub...