LOS ANGELES Actor Mark Wayne Salling on Monday plead guilty to a federal offense of possessing child pornography, according to officials. Specifically, he admitted that he possessed approximately 25,000 images of…
The Ballad of Luna the Pig and Cloud the Dog
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: “Luna the pig and Cloud the dog have been inseparable ever since Luna was adopted. They live at a home in Atlanta, Georgia and love to play together in the…
L.A. Woman Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Boyfriend
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities this week arrested a Bellflower woman on federal charges that she contracted with an FBI informant to kill her boyfriend. In exchange for a portion of the proceeds…
Putin Praises Trump at Annual Conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Trump Thursday at an annual news conference while criticizing his opponents. Joyce Vance and Dan Hoffman discuss Putin and GOP efforts to discredit Mueller, according to…
Mom died in 1993, but her daughter kept cashing her Social Security checks for 24 years
BY SAM STANTON [email protected] DECEMBER 12, 2017 Dorothy Griffin began collecting her Social Security benefits in 1986. By April 1991, her daughter, Emma Carter-Alexander, began to care for her and was approved…
Drug Dealers Who Used Fleet of Cars to Make Rapid Narcotics Deliveries Indicted
LOS ANGELES Federal and local law enforcement authorities Wednesday took into custody seven defendants linked to a drug-distribution ring that operated out of Van Nuys and used a fleet of cars and…
21st Century Oncology to Pay $26 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations
FLORIDA 21st Century Oncology Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates agreed to pay $26 million to the government to resolve submission of false attestations regarding the company’s use of electronic health records…
Every Chicago Patrol Officer Equipped With a Body Camera
Every Chicago patrol officer is now equipped with a body-worn camera, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the department announced Sunday. The expansion of the pilot program launched in 2015 is part…
NYT: 54 Best Songs of 2017
By JON PARELES and JON CARAMANICA DEC. 6, 2017 The pop music critics of The New York Times share their picks for the best songs of the year. Continue reading the main story Photo Clockwise…
Mexican National Who Smuggled Methamphetamine Sentenced to More Than 12 Years
LOS ANGELES A Tijuana woman who was charged in the first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was sentenced Monday to 12 years and…
Postman Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Stealing Credit Cards
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A Garden Grove man who worked for the U.S. Postal Service for more than two decades was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison for stealing thousands of…
Cop Who Broke Walmart Customer’s Leg Guilty of Using Unreasonable Force
GEORGIA A federal jury convicted former Atlanta Police Department Sergeant Trevor King, of Stockbridge, Georgia, of breaking Walmart customer’s leg, officials announced Friday. King used unreasonable force when he arrested a Walmart…