Douglass Byers was convicted of firing a rifle shot that pierced the tail of an LAPD helicopter in South L.A. last year. Prosecutors say the round could have caused a catastrophic helicopter crash.

Xavier Washington, 20, was taken into custody at Bronx Criminal Court, where he was appearing for a hearing in an unrelated attempted murder case.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Eastern Shore man was sentenced Thursday to life plus 60 years in prison in connection with a 2023 mass shooting in downtown ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when ...

The city of Rapid City reminded candidates seeking positions on the Rapid City Common Council to submit petitions by 5 p.m. on March 24 in order to qualify for the June 2 municipal election.

Preliminary and partial results show that a new political party led by an ex-rapper leading Nepal’s parliamentary election, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge sentenced an 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina mass shooting to life in prison without parole Friday, rejecting arguments that he ...

Nepal held its first nationwide election since a youth-led uprising forces the last government from power. Officials reported ...

It might still be winter in Minnesota, but spring is in the air for people lined up at the Dairy Queen in Moorhead, Minnesota, for its annual opening.

Latrelle Rogers pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the January 2024 fatal shooting of Edwin “Myzell” Arrington, 17 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. — A jury on Friday found former Hemingway police officer Cassandra Dollard not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man following a high-speed chase in ...

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Democratic candidates vying for the nomination to run for Shelby County mayor faced tough questions Monday night in the first debate ahead of the 2026 primary election. The ...