An anonymous jury has gotten its first look at a rare U.S. trial of a former cabinet-level Mexican official charged with taking bribes to aid drug traffickers.

The gunman in Saturday night’s shooting outside LA was identified as a 72-year-old man, making him a rarity among mass killers, who tend to be much younger.

A Native American tribe in South Dakota says several of its members died when December storms buried their reservation in snow and left them stranded.

A political newcomer who lost his bid for the New Mexico statehouse and is accused of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic officials is scheduled to appear in court for a detention hearing.

Authorities are searching for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations.

After attorneys for Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby asked to stop representing her in an ongoing perjury and mortgage fraud case, federal prosecutors filed a motion Saturday opposing the request.

Those studying police and criminal justice issues said the speed with which five Memphis police officers were fired following the traffic stop of a man who later died is unusual but could become more common.

The casket bearing the 96-year-old heiress long considered the last Hawaiian princess is on public display in the downtown Honolulu palace.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is tapping into a debate that’s sharply divided Latinos with her decision to ban most state agencies from using the gender neutral term Latinx.

Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.