A ride-hailing driver shot and killed a New Mexico passenger earlier this year during an argument over “a large amount of vomit” in his Uber vehicle, prosecutors said in new documents. Court documents submitted by the Bernalillo County district attorney last week said the vomit and an argument over a… Read More

A stolen sport utility vehicle struck two pedestrians and injured five other people Wednesday afternoon as it drove on a San Francisco sidewalk and smashed into other cars while fleeing police, authorities said. A person struck in a crosswalk was treated for life-threatening injuries and was listed in stable condition,… Read More

The finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have begun, with 50 kids on stage competing for more than $50,000 in cash and prizes and a new, custom-designed trophy. This year’s bee had the biggest field ever, with 562 spellers, more than half of whom got in through Scripps’ wild-card… Read More

A man who gained internet fame as “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” was sentenced to 57 years in prison Thursday for the beating death of a New Jersey man he had met in Times Square. Caleb McGillvary will have to serve at least 85% of his sentence under terms imposed in… Read More

A Seattle man took exception to a car-share vehicle that was parked without permission at his duplex. So he built a fence around it. Dan Smith tells KIRO-TV he doesn’t know who parked the car2go Mercedes May 17, but it wasn’t one of his tenants. By the next day he had erected… Read More

Ashton Kutcher testified at a Los Angeles murder trial Wednesday that he went to pick up a 22-year-old fashion-design student to go out for drinks one night 18 years ago and left when she did not answer her door, only to learn the next day that she had been lying… Read More

A Kansas online gamer whose dispute over a $1.50 bet sparked a hoax call that resulted in police shooting a man who lived at his old address has struck a deal with prosecutors that could allow the charges against him to be dropped. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren approved on… Read More

The entire shoreline of a Southern California city is closed to swimmers after sewage-contaminated runoff flowed into California from Mexico’s Tijuana River. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the San Diego County Department of Environment Health issued the order Sunday, expanding the closure that has been in place for months for part of… Read More

A former Connecticut prison inmate has filed a lawsuit alleging she hasn’t been paid for her contribution to a new book by author Wally Lamb and accusing Lamb of harassing and intimidating her when she sought compensation. Chandra Bozelko, of Orange, Connecticut, says in a state lawsuit filed last week… Read More