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Deputies answering a predawn suicide call came under heavy gunfire before an hourslong confrontation ended in a fatal shooting. LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responding to a reported suicide call in East Los Angeles early Wednesday were met with gunfire, forcing an armored rescue as two deputies were pinned down before the suspect was later found dead, authorities said. The shooting unfolded in the 1400 block of South Downey Road near …

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The sentence resolves the first case in the 2023 slaying, while three other defendants still await trial. CHICAGO, IL — Joseph Brooks was sentenced to 55 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston, who was shot outside her Avalon Park home after finishing her shift. The sentence marks the first conviction in a case that drew citywide attention after Preston, 24, was …

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Three suspects have been arrested since the March 19 gunfire outside a Waffle House, but investigators say the shooter who paralyzed a Richardson High senior remains unidentified. RICHARDSON, TX — Richardson police are still trying to identify the gunman who shot 18-year-old Seth Jackson outside a Waffle House on March 19, leaving the Richardson High School senior permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a late-night fight spilled into gunfire. The case has drawn wide …

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Prosecutors say Henry Rappa Jr. kept client funds, ignored court orders and continued legal work after he was told to stop practicing. MALDEN, MA — A Melrose attorney was charged Thursday with stealing more than $680,000 from two clients and continuing to work on legal matters after being ordered to stop practicing law, Middlesex prosecutors said. Henry Rappa Jr., 57, pleaded not guilty in Malden District Court to two counts of embezzlement or misapplication by …

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Prosecutors say the Jan. 10 meeting was set up as a contract discussion but became an armed robbery involving Gucci Mane and two other music industry figures. DALLAS, TX — Federal prosecutors say rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight other men were charged after a Jan. 10 meeting at a Dallas recording studio turned into an armed kidnapping and robbery of three music industry professionals, including rapper and label owner Gucci Mane. The case matters now …

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Police say a passenger was assaulted during a trip in Raleigh, and the driver was later ordered held without bond pending a court hearing this month. RALEIGH, NC — A Cary rideshare driver is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a passenger during a trip in Raleigh this week, leading to a string of criminal charges and a court order keeping him in custody without bond, authorities said. Ryan James Davey, 30, was arrested Wednesday …

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Nation Wood, 25, pleaded not guilty after the March 24 death of Samantha Emge, 22, in the couple’s Sunset District home. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A 25-year-old San Francisco man charged in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend inside their west side home has been released on $300,000 bail, a week after police said officers found the 22-year-old woman wounded and rushed her to a hospital. Nation Wood is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the …

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The firearm was headed from an Ohio dealer to a buyer in Florida when tracking stopped in February at a Detroit postal facility. DETROIT, MI — A registered machine gun mailed through the U.S. Postal Service has gone missing after tracking showed the package reached a Detroit mail facility in early February, leaving federal regulators, postal officials and the Ohio gun dealer who sent it searching for what happened. The case has drawn notice because …

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James Farthing, who won a $167.3 million jackpot last year, pleaded not guilty after his latest arrest. LEXINGTON, KY — A Kentucky man who won the state’s largest Powerball jackpot last year was arrested for a third time since his win after police accused him of breaking into a Lexington home and taking $12,000 in cash. James Farthing’s latest case has renewed attention on a winner who made headlines in April 2025 for claiming a …

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Video from the day Amy Hillyard disappeared has pushed police and volunteers toward Dimond Park as the case enters its second week. OAKLAND, CA — Police and volunteers searched Oakland’s Dimond Park this week for Amy Hillyard, a missing coffee shop co-owner who was last seen March 25, after investigators said new video placed her in the park area later that same afternoon. Hillyard’s disappearance has drawn a broad search response because police say the …

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