The 12-year-old girl died after her 17-year-old brother sat on her face and throat for 45 minutes, according to authorities in New Mexico.
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The rental home where the party was held is in a neighborhood of multimillion-dollar homes about 20 miles east of Oakland.
Timothy Larson, 41, faces charges that include criminal damage at a place of worship and burglary for allegedly vandalizing the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona.
A Lake Havasu City resident who was linked to the drug overdose-related death of a rap star known as Mac Miller will not be prosecuted on local drug charges, authorities said.
The ring used the stolen information to counterfeit ATM and bank cards that were used to withdraw cash and purchase luxury goods in Las Vegas and in at least six states.
Here are the stories of some of the victims of the deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend.
Officials say a 19-year-old gunman used a rifle he legally bought in Nevada and illegally brought into California to kill two children and a man at a food festival before he was killed by police.
Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says an indictment unsealed Thursday charges Dennis Blieden with wire fraud and identity theft.
A lawsuit in New Jersey accuses New Frontier Armory of illegally selling and shipping high-capacity magazines online to undercover state investigators.
A murder suspect has been named in the deadly shooting of a defrocked New Jersey priest earlier this year. Derrick Decoste, 25, is wanted for murder and robbery, police said.
Matthew Zakzewski describes himself on his website as a “manny” who relates well to children and serves them as a “buddy, big brother, role model, mentor.”