Dozens of dead or starving pit bulls have been found at an abandoned home east of Los Angeles. Riverside County authorities say 10 dead animals and 27 others were discovered Wednesday at a filthy, junk-strewn rented property in the unincorporated La Sierra area. Authorities went to the home after a… Read More

A Navy veteran from Colorado who does not identify as male or female is pushing the U.S. government to allow for a third gender option or get rid of gender designators altogether on passports, highlighting the argument that forms on the state and federal level have been slow to include… Read More

Police negotiators are trying to talk to a man barricaded inside a vehicle in Manhattan, where he’s suspected of tossing a hoax bomb through the window of a police vehicle, authorities said Thursday. Chief of Department James O’Neill said a cylindrical object was tossed into the open window of a… Read More

An actor who played a bit part in an independent gangster film and used a prop pellet gun without a New Jersey gun permit likely won’t have to serve a prison term. Carlo Goias goes by the stage name Carlo Bellario. He was charged under the state’s strict gun statute,… Read More

Police say a Southern California resident who heard noises in his backyard went outside and found a man in his hot tub. The Ventura County Star reports that the resident confronted the intruder, who ran off late Tuesday. Ventura police found the suspect on the roof of a neighboring house…. Read More

A landmark in Maine where thousands of people have pledged their everlasting love to another with padlocks has been deemed a public safety risk and will be removed. The Portland Press Herald reports the city’s 30-foot-long Love Locks fence will be removed in the next two weeks but a portion… Read More

Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez is expected to appear in court with new lawyers to defend him in the 2012 slayings of two men outside a Boston nightclub. The former tight end is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd…. Read More

The family of a woman charged with murder after her 6-week-old son drowned in a pond at a Myrtle Beach outlet mall said she was overwhelmed by the challenges of returning to work as a first-time mom and dealing with an abusive boyfriend. Jameisha Alexander was seen holding her son,… Read More

Police in a St. Louis suburb are searching for a 13-year-old girl suspected of shooting and critically wounding a Korean couple in their 70s at a beauty supply store. The shooting happened Tuesday at King’s Beauty Supply in Bellefontaine Neighbors. The victims are the parents of the store owner. They… Read More

Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve among veterans who traditionally share a close bond with law enforcement. Veterans and active-duty troops started posting messages on social media almost immediately after the news broke last weekend that a masked ex-Marine had… Read More