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San Jose police have arrested two more family members of a young girl killed during an apparent exorcism inside a small San Jose church.

Fairfax County police are stepping up their efforts to catch thieves stealing catalytic converters.

Investigators say a 60-year-old man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in their South Carolina backyard.

A woman speaking in a video posted to YouTube is the mother of the girl who died inside a back-room San Jose church in September, NBC Bay Area sources confirmed Tuesday.

A suspect has been arrested in Chicago after allegedly stealing an ambulance Monday and leading authorities on a high-speed chase for more than 70 miles.

Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death on charges she murdered her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, in 2007. But the execution is postponed to review new medical evidence that 5 former jurors say they wished they had seen.

Melissa Lucio, a Texas mother of 14, has been on death row since 2008 after she was convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter. Her execution was delayed just two days before she was scheduled to die to allow a lower court to review new evidence — including arguments that her confession was coerced. Molly Parmer, a criminal defense attorney who...

Two San Francisco police officers surrendered Tuesday to face charges of destroying evidence, while a retired officer, who had been working part-time with the gun destruction unit at the SFPD evidence room, faces unrelated felony charges of taking a soon-to-be-destroyed MP5 submachine gun and silencer home from the property room, authorities said.

A notorious defrocked Oakland priest accused of sexually abusing dozens of children was arrested Saturday night after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in a Walnut Creek retirement community, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has confirmed.

Emotions boiled over in Prince George’s County Thursday evening during a community forum to discuss the recent uptick in violent crime.

Emotions boiled over in Prince George’s County during a community forum to discuss the recent uptick in violent crime. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

The union says two D.C. Council members who pushed a police reform bill are responsible for the uptick and crime and a lower police force. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

NEW YORK – Statistics suggest The Big Apple remains one of the safest big cities in America, and despite a recent surge in crime, the odds of getting victimized remain very low. And while major crimes – especially property crimes – have seen a large uptick in New York City since the start of the pandemic, NYPD reports fewer than 30%…

The victims of a triple homicide in Georgia were the parents and son of the local coroner who made the gruesome discovery at a gun range his family owned, the official said Monday.

A 16-year-old student has been charged with attempted murder and sexual assault after “getting violent” and strangling his teacher in a dispute over his grades last week, Las Vegas police said.

The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up at crime scenes — as soon as Monday, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder sits down with Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham to talk about a rise in crime in the county.

Sacramento police have announced an arrest connected to the shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others in the heart of California’s capital city as multiple shooters fired more than 100 rounds and people ran for their lives

Donald Trump has criticized the probe of his Trump Organization by New York Attorney General Letitia James as politically motivated.

A federal judge said Donald Trump likely broke the law by “corruptly” attempting to obstruct the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.