A person has been taken into custody in connection with the shootings of two Jewish men outside synagogues in Los Angeles this week.

Prosecutors say a Southern California motorcycle club founder who killed three people in 1980 has been ordered to be released this week, after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say this week’s deadly truck accident that caused a hazardous materials spill southeast of downtown Tucson did not appear to be caused by high speed, drugs or alcohol.

Authorities say a Texas man fatally shot his twin 12-year-old daughters before killing himself last week after threatening violence against his family.

Police say two people have been wounded and a third person has suffered a medical problem in a shooting stemming from a fight at a large mall in suburban Memphis, Tennessee.

The United Nations has launched a $1 billion appeal to help 5.2 million survivors of the most devastating earthquake in Turkey’s modern history.

A grand jury in Nevada has indicted New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and Cincinnati Bengals newly acquired cornerback Chris Lammons in connection with an alleged beating at a Las Vegas nightclub last February.

A Palestinian-backed U_N_ resolution that could be put to a vote in the Security Council early next week would demand an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemn Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts, “and call for thei…

A spokesperson for the Texas prison system says a man who had been on the state’s death row for nearly 30 years after being convicted in the killings of his girlfriend and her two sons has died of natural causes.

The Kentucky Senate has voted to allow teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns.