World & Nation
Catastrophic flooding caused by a broken dam brought down the walls of a prison in Nigeria, allowing 281 inmates to escape, correctional officers said.
Sept. 16, 2024
Politics
A new report illustrates widespread failure by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to meet the language access obligations required by federal law and its own rules.
Sept. 9, 2024
California
An Anaheim man was sentenced to four years in prison in connection with pepper spraying people in Costa Mesa around three years ago, officials said.
Sept. 13, 2024
Watch L.A.
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo agreed to host the Nicaraguans while they apply for entry to the United States.
Sept. 5, 2024
The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of rape, groping and sexual harrassment by correctional officials in California women’s prisons.
Sept. 4, 2024
The body cavity search Christina Cardenas was subjected to at a correctional facility and hospital in Tehachapi amounted to “state sanctioned torture,” attorney Gloria Allred said.
A Dallas County judge granted a motion to dismiss charges against Benjamin Spencer, 59, convicted in 1987 of murder in the death of Jeffrey Young.
Aug. 30, 2024
Michael Spengler killed one man in Pomona and another in Altadena in 2013, in what a judge called ‘surprise ambushes’ of Spengler’s own friends.
Aug. 20, 2024
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence.