LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón will ask a judge to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers serving life sentences for killing their parents, a move that could pave the way for their release.

Gascón will request the brothers be sentenced to murder and be eligible for parole immediately, he said ...Read more

CHICAGO — Jurors on Thursday heard the first of some 200 recordings in the trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a blockbuster corruption case that hinges in large part on government wiretaps and secretly recorded video.

“This is no longer me talking,” said Michael McClain, Madigan’s confidant and now co-defendant, in the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Red signs dot Pearblossom Highway, marking part of the route sexual predator Christopher Hubbart probably will take when he moves into the Antelope Valley in the near future.

The signs — featuring graphics of two pairs of hands and the phrase, "We need your help!" — were placed by advocate Mary Jeters and a group of local ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia secretary of state’s office stopped a cyberattack this month targeted at the state’s absentee voting website.

A state cyberdefense team, along with the cybersecurity firm Cloudflare, prevented what is believed to be foreign hackers from shutting off the secretary of state’s absentee ballot website on the afternoon ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — In 2020, Danielle Tallafuss was more than 20 weeks pregnant when her doctor told her the left side of her son’s heart would never fully develop.

Without a series of risky open-heart surgeries, the baby would die within days after birth and, even with the surgeries, his prognosis was poor.

Tallafuss and her husband then made...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Caleb Berry joined the Oath Keepers in late 2020 because he believed the lie that the presidential election was rigged, and he wanted to do something about it. The group gave the then-19-year-old Tampa man the sense of belonging and acceptance.

But Berry became disillusioned after he saw what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. He was ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland and Virginia lawmakers have sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling for his administration to address an “influx of crabmeat from Venezuela, which has threatened the viability of local fisheries across the Chesapeake Bay.”

The officials, including Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, as well as several...Read more

NEW YORK — NYPD officials said late Wednesday that the controversial Evolv weapons scanners Mayor Adams’ administration rolled out in the MTA subway system detected 12 knives and no guns over the course of a month-long pilot program this summer.

It’s unclear how significant those numbers are given the pilot was operated on a voluntary ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A forensic psychiatrist called by prosecutors Thursday in the trial of accused suitcase killer Sarah Boone testified she has Battered Spouse Syndrome — the mental health issue central to her defense of the second-degree murder charge in the death of her boyfriend.

However, Dr. Tonia Werner, who interviewed Boone for 2 1/2 ...Read more

Five people in Chicago have been hit with federal charges in California alleging they were contracted to kill rapper Quando Rondo in Los Angeles due to his suspected involvement in the 2020 slaying of rival artist King Von.

Charged in the indictment, which was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, are: Kavon London Grant, ...Read more

Abortion is on the agenda not just in the United States but worldwide.

A majority of people in developed democracies increasingly favor abortion rights and self-determination. And, in most places, laws are shifting to reflect public opinion. Since 2020, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, among others, have legalized abortion. In 2024, ...Read more

DENVER — At least one Colorado resident is already suing McDonald’s after he got sick from eating food contaminated with E. coli.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that 26 out of 49 known cases in an outbreak across the western United States involved Colorado residents. Most people who got sick reported eating ...Read more

Armed gangs have attacked U.S. Embassy vehicles in Haiti, where a fresh offensive by a powerful gang coalition has left at least one armored vehicle with a shattered window.

As a result of the attacks, the embassy is preparing another round of evacuations of diplomatic staff, a source told the Miami Herald.

A State Department spokesperson ...Read more

The director of California’s mental health commission traveled to London this summer courtesy of a state vendor while he was helping to prevent a $360 million budget cut that would have defunded the company’s contract.

Emails and calendars reviewed by KFF Health News show Toby Ewing, executive director of the Mental Health Services ...Read more

ATLANTA — This year’s presidential election will be run differently in Georgia than the last one, thanks to a torrent of new laws.

From a ban on handing out water to more election audits and limits on drop boxes, Republican Georgia legislators have changed voting laws every year since Donald Trump lost the 2020 race.

Four months after that...Read more