Investigators have identified a suspect after three men were found dead this week at a cemetery in Southern California. Police issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Jose Luis Torres Garcia after the bodies were discovered Monday in Perris, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. Garcia, 33, is wanted on three homicide warrants and unrelated misdemeanor…… MORE
A US Customs and Border Protection employee allegedly shot and killed his wife and two sons in Florida before killing himself, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Police went to the family’s home around 3 p.m. Thursday after receiving a call from CBP that the man had not been heard from. Upon further investigation,…… MORE
Five Harvard students are suing university officials over Harvard’s investments in what they call the “prison-industrial complex.” The students are accusing the university’s president, a senior fellow of Harvard Corporation, and Harvard’s endowment manager, Harvard Management Company (HMC), of a “violation of fiduciary duty and breach of the Harvard charter.” Jason Newton, a spokesman for…… MORE
A small private plane slid on its belly down the main runway at the Daytona Beach Airport on Thursday, showering sparks and causing a fire. No one was injured, officials at the airport said. Video posted to Facebook by Yelvington Jet Aviation shows the plane, a Cessna 510, sliding across the asphalt with no landing…… MORE
The Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy filing Tuesday puts it into similar company as almost two dozen US Catholic dioceses and USA Gymnastics. Each of the organizations faces scores of sexual abuse lawsuits that allege the organization failed to stop serial predators from abusing young children. And each has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection…… MORE
The mother of two missing children has been arrested by police officers in Hawaii on a warrant issued by Madison County, Idaho, according to a statement from law enforcement. Lori Vallow, 46, was arrested on multiple charges, including on suspicion of two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children, Kauai police said. She…… MORE
In New York City, a man assaults a woman wearing a face mask, calling her a “diseased b****.” On a Los Angeles subway, a man proclaims Chinese people are filthy and says “every disease has ever came from China.” Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus, experts say, has led to racist and xenophobic…… MORE
Tirso Martinez Sanchez, a former associate of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman whose testimony helped convict the drug kingpin, was sentenced to 84 months in prison — about seven years — in Brooklyn federal court Thursday. Martinez Sanchez, 53, was part of a chorus of colorful government cooperators who took the stand during the 2 1/2-month…… MORE
Washington state is taking a stand against bottled water companies. A bill making its way through the legislature would officially put a stop to new permits for groundwater withdrawals, which have long been criticized by activists for using up natural resources. The legislation specifically dictates “any use of water for the commercial production of bottled…… MORE
The Houston Astros baseball cheating scandal may be a problem that stays in the Major Leagues, but the lesson is trickling down to local Little Leagues. The Texas MLB team was caught stealing a pitcher’s signals with the use of technology, a practice that is illegal in professional baseball. The team’s office suffered multiple suspensions…… MORE
