A Baldwin Park police officer was killed in a Saturday evening shooting that wounded another officer and left a civilian man dead. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it was investigating the two homicides after Baldwin Park officers responded to reports of a possible shooting around 7 p.m. Saturday and were met with more … Read more
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a man outside a CVS pharmacy in Prince George’s County, Maryland, police say. Christian Okubo, of Temple Hills, shot and killed 23-year-old Anthony Bullock Friday morning near the drugstore on Allentown Road in Camp Springs, Prince George’s County police said. Surveillance video obtained … Read more
The other shoe is about to drop on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as his sentencing date looms. First Madigan was convicted of corruption in February. Now he awaits his sentencing– which is happening next week. NBC 5 Investigates has looked into the punishment Madigan could receive, what he and his attorneys think he … Read more
A man who was arrested after being accused of being involved in a carjacking in Miramar appeared before a judge on Sunday. Kelton Reed, 19, was charged with carjacking with a firearm or weapon, aggravated assault and resisting an officer. During his court appearance, a judge denied Reed’s bond for the carjacking charge. According to … Read more
CLOVIS, Calif. — Overcoming intense pressure to quit from President Trump, dozens of local protesters and other prominent critics of transgender athletes in girls’ sports, 16-year-old AB Hernandez bounded past many of her peers to win multiple gold medals at California’s high school track and field championships Saturday. The transgender junior from Jurupa Valley High School — … Read more
AD SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) — Gov. JB Pritzker’s office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget address. The latest downward revision comes as lawmakers are entering the final two-week stretch to approve a budget before their May 31 deadline amid … Read more
President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday renewed its request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for plans to downsize the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds. The high court filing came after an appeals court refused to freeze a California-based judge’s order halting the cuts, which have … Read more
When 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht tried to get a refill on the inhaler prescribed by his doctor to prevent asthma attacks, the medication that had formerly cost him less than $70 at his Appleton, Wisconsin, pharmacy was now priced at more than $500, according to Cole’s father, Bil Schmidtknecht. Stunned, Cole left the store with a … Read more
An investigation is underway in West Park Sunday afternoon after a deputy was forced to fire their weapon, officials said. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, they received a call about a suspicious person with a weapon in the 4000 block of Southwest 26 Street. Once at the scene, the suspect allegedly punched a deputy … Read more
After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 fire engines that were in the shop had been repaired, they said, the battle against what turned out … Read more