Colleen Nichole Lemmon faces two capital murder charges after her sons, ages 21 and 15, died following an early-morning shooting. WAXAHACHIE, TX — A 42-year-old Waxahachie woman has been charged with two counts of capital murder after authorities accused her of fatally shooting her two sons inside their home early Thursday, according to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded at about 4:13 a.m. Oct. 1 to a home in the 900 block of Big …
The man was found critically injured early Wednesday outside a convenience store on East Vista Way, authorities said. VISTA, CA — San Diego County sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man who was found with traumatic injuries early Wednesday outside a convenience store on East Vista Way, where efforts to save him were unsuccessful. Deputies from the Vista Sheriff’s Station responded at about 3:15 a.m. Sept. 30 to a report of an …
Orange County deputies believe the father killed his teenage children before dying by suicide in an apparent murder-suicide. ORANGE COUNTY, FL — A father and his 17-year-old twins were found dead inside a Central Florida home during a well-being check, and investigators believe the father killed the teenagers before dying by suicide, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies went to a residence in the 1200 block of Courtney Chase Circle on Wednesday, Sept. …
Police recovered a firearm outside the Panoramic Way residence and said investigators were not searching for an outstanding suspect. OAKLAND, CA — A married couple was found fatally shot Friday morning outside their Oakland Hills home near the Berkeley border, prompting a homicide investigation as authorities worked to determine what led to the deaths. Oakland police said the victims were a 61-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman who lived at the home in the 400 …
DNA preserved after a 1989 attack eventually led investigators to Frederick Louis Tanzer, who later admitted committing the crime. CINCINNATI, OH — For nearly 35 years, Dana Beatty did not know the identity of the masked man who broke into her Cincinnati condominium and raped her in 1989. The answer eventually emerged through preserved DNA, her daughter’s determination to revive the investigation and a discarded coffee cup collected by federal investigators. The investigation identified Frederick …
Project Meridian will spend 120 days examining future battlefields and the technologies U.S. forces could need to maintain a military advantage. QUANTICO, VA — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has named Elon Musk, defense technology entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to co-direct a Pentagon project examining how warfare could change and what technologies U.S. forces may need in future conflicts. The initiative, called Project Meridian, was announced Sept. 30 during Hegseth’s State …
Police searched Friday for a gunman who fled after the driver was shot aboard a city bus in Mar Vista. LOS ANGELES, CA — A Culver CityBus driver was fatally shot Thursday during a dispute with a passenger aboard a bus in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said, prompting Culver City to suspend bus service through the weekend while police searched for the gunman. The shooting occurred about 5:15 p.m. near South …
Federal prosecutors allege Greg Lui routed export-controlled computer servers containing advanced U.S.-made GPUs through Malaysia and Singapore before they reached China. LOS ANGELES, CA — A California technology company owner has been arrested on federal charges alleging he smuggled more than $300 million worth of export-controlled computer servers containing advanced U.S.-manufactured graphics processing units to China, according to the Justice Department. Greg Lui, 38, also known as Yiu Kong Lui, of San Gabriel, was charged …
A Converse man is in federal custody after authorities investigated reported threats and found firearms while searching his San Antonio-area home. AUSTIN, TX— Texas and federal authorities arrested a 40-year-old man accused of planning a violent attack on the Texas Capitol after a reported threat prompted an overnight investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety and FBI. Benny Caldera Jr. of Converse, near San Antonio, was arrested early Wednesday, Sept. 30, after DPS said …
Police said automated license plate reader technology helped detectives identify the vehicle connected to the death of a 9-month-old pit bull. SANTA ANA, CA — A 75-year-old Anaheim woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of animal cruelty and animal abandonment after Santa Ana police said surveillance video showed a woman intentionally running over a 9-month-old puppy in a residential neighborhood. Hahn Nguyen was booked into the Santa Ana Jail following an investigation into the Sept. …