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Chabria: Newsom wants to empty death row. Most politicians wouldn't bother — or dare

ANITA CHABRIA

Newsom's decision, as he ponders a run for the White House, is a self-inflicted test of political endurance from a savvy politician who didn't need to go there.

Gov. Newsom says he will commute all death sentences in state to life without parole

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole

Marine veteran working security hailed as hero after stopping active shooter at Florida Citibank campus

Florida Marine veteran John Fraley took a tactical position in a restroom and shot the Citibank Center campus gunman five times, the sheriff said.

Harmeet Dhillon, California attorney who radically reshaped DOJ civil rights unit, resigns

KEVIN RECTOR

Dhillon has been a powerful and divisive figure inside the Justice Department since her confirmation last year as assistant attorney general.

Escaped Tennessee killer hid in Illinois shed with beer and garlic bread before capture: Sheriff

Jacob Allen Morley hid in an Illinois shed near Marion, drinking beer and making garlic bread before FLOCK cameras helped track the Tennessee escapee.

Video shows high-altitude rescue of hiker who fell hundreds of feet down Utah's Mount Timpanogos

Dramatic helicopter rescue video shows the moment a hiker was hoisted from a narrow cliff ledge after falling hundreds of feet on Mount Timpanogos.

Ex-Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor testifies he didn't know gamblers bet on individual pitches

Catcher Bo Naylor, a former teammate of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, says he didn't know gamblers could place bets on individual pitches until the criminal case against the pitchers arose

4 Cornell lawsuit defendants join effort to oust Letitia James from investigation

Four men named in a former Cornell University student's lawsuit are joining a co-defendant's effort to block New York's attorney general from leading a reopened criminal investigation into the woman's gang rape allegations

Indiana, Florida and Alabama carry out rare US triple execution day

Three inmates were executed by lethal injection in Indiana, Florida and Alabama on the same day, only the second time that has happened in 2026.

Crews respond to early morning explosion at a Mississippi chemical plant

Emergency crews responded to an explosion at a chemical plant in Mississippi that sent a large plume of black smoke into the air

Uninsured and flooded out, a Colorado man worries if life will be normal again

Matthew Martinez has lived nearly all his 60 years on a piece of property on the Navajo River and never saw severe flooding until now

What to know about Pope Leo XIV's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru

Pope Leo XIV is returning home to the continent where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru

Colorado police officer killed, 3 more officers wounded after suspect opens fire near bus

A suspect trying to board an RTD bus near Denver opened fire on Lakewood police officers, killing one and wounding three others Thursday evening.

Desert icons collapse as southwestern US gets pummeled with rain and flooding

Two iconic rock formations that long attracted tourists and photographers to a remote part of New Mexico have collapsed

Closing arguments expected in trial of ex-cop accused of killing Sandra Birchmore

Closing arguments are set to begin in the case of a former Massachusetts police officer accused of killing a pregnant woman to keep her from revealing they had an illicit sexual relationship when she was 15