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Candles are lit in front of a Fullerton home where police found three people dead in 2016 in what was ultimately determined to be a triple homicide. (Los Angeles Times) A Sun Valley man was convicted Tuesday for his role in the killings of the mother and stepfather of a 17-year-old girl whom he met … Read more

Investigators believe the human remains may belong to Angela McManes, who vanished in 2019 (Picture: Lea County Sheriff’s Office) A man allegedly flung human bones from a car, leading cops to discover as many as 20 skulls that have been linked to the cold case of a woman missing five years ago. The grisly finding … Read more

Serial killer Charles Manson confessed to murders before he became the leader of the notorious Manson Family cult, chilling new audio from a prison phone call reveals. “There’s a whole part of my life that nobody knows about,” Manson, who died in 2017, says in a phone call from prison in a short teaser clip … Read more

More than 10,000 cameras will be deployed The RCMP will begin its rollout of body-worn cameras for officers across the country next week.Photo by Andrew Vaughan /The Canadian Press The RCMP will begin its rollout of body-worn cameras for RCMP officers across the country next week. It expects deployment of more than 10,000 cameras to … Read more

Jim McDonnell is sworn in as the 59th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Crime is trending down in Los Angeles, with homicides alone on track to fall 15% compared to last year, but newly sworn-in LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell is concerned that statistics … Read more

A protester against the Treaty Principles Bill sits outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Thursday. (Charlotte Graham-McLay / Associated Press) A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected on Thursday when dramatic political theater erupted over a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the … Read more

A 48-year-old man died after he set himself on fire in front of a Manhattan church early Thursday, cops said.  A witness called 911 to report that the man had set himself ablaze around 2:30 a.m. at East 16th Street and Rutherford Place, a tree-lined corner that is home to St. George’s Episcopal Church, police … Read more

A missing poster for Colombian-born American Ana Maria Knezevich is displayed on a streetlight in Madrid. (Manu Fernandez / Associated Press) A Florida businessman already charged with kidnapping his estranged wife in Spain is facing new U.S. charges that he killed her. A federal grand jury in South Florida on Wednesday charged David Knezevich in … Read more

Janelle Bynum, the Democratic candidate running to represent Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, poses for a photo in Portland, Ore. (Jenny Kane / Associated Press) Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and will become the state’s first Black member of Congress. Bynum, a state representative who was backed and funded by national Democrats, … Read more

Senators from both parties demanded Thursday to see a potentially damning House Ethics Committee report on far-right former Rep. Matt Gaetz before deciding whether to confirm him as attorney general. Gaetz, 42, hastily tendered his resignation late Wednesday, hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced him as the choice to lead the Justice Department. By leaving … Read more