A controversial California bill that would have freed some convicted felons serving life sentences has stalled in the legislature and will not be moving forward. SB 94, authored by California Sen. Dave Cortese, would have given certain people serving life without parole the chance to petition to have their sentences reviewed if their crimes were...
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Residents in Austin neighborhood concerned about crime as police department struggles with understaffing
Understaffing in the Austin Police Department in Texas has left residents concerned about crime in the city. Residents in the Montopolis neighborhoodin Austin’s southeast told KVUE-TV crime in their area is getting worse. Delwin Goss told the station he woke up to gunshots in the neighborhood overnight Thursday, which he said has become shockingly common....
California nudist resort neighbor charged with murder after couple disappears
The neighbor of a California couple who vanished last weekend at a nudist resort outside of Los Angeles has now been charged with killing them. City of Redlands spokesperson Carl Baker told reporters Friday that cadaver dogs are looking for the remains of Stephanie and Daniel Menard at the Olive Dell Ranch in Colton following...
Dallas police officer killed, 2 others injured: 'We lost one of our own'
The Dallas Police Department says it is “hurting” Friday after one of its officers was killed and two others were injured by a suspect who later died in a shootout with police following a chase. Investigators say the incident began around 10 p.m. Thursday when Dallas Police responded to an officer in distress in the...
Colorado has 'active investigations' into suspected migrant gang violence, 'real people' being hurt: DA
Members of law enforcement are furious after Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called migrant gang violence at Aurora apartment complexes “misinformation.” Arapahoe County, Colorado, District Attorney John Kellner spoke with Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” Friday about the ongoing police response to the gangs of migrant criminals terrorizing apartments, which have been caught on camera. “I...
Colorado police hope missing puppies hold key to dog breeder’s suspicious death: ‘This is such a rare case’
Colorado police hope a missing litter of purebred Doberman puppies could be the key to solving the suspicious death of a decorated dog breeder, “a rare case” that left the dog community with jaws on the ground, one expert said. Paul Peavey, 57, was found dead on his 110-acre Idaho Springs property by a search...
'Molesters' and 'rapists' would go free under California bill, state Senate GOP warns
FIRST ON FOX — A Democrat-led bill meant to protect prisoners from sexual violence while incarcerated in California state facilities by addressing issues related to sexual abuse could wind up reducing violent criminals’ sentences altogether, state Republicans warn. SB 898, authored by Berkeley Democrat state Sen. Nancy Skinner, aims to enhance protections for individuals incarcerated...
Florida man stabbed off-duty police officer who tried to stop robbery, stole patrol car: court docs
An off-duty Florida police officer who was picking up his laundry walked in on an attempted robbery at a dry cleaning business and was stabbed twice, authorities said. According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, 73-year-old Glenn Gotell was in the process of robbing a clerk at Cost Less Dry Cleaners in Greenacres,...
Colorado dentist flew to Florida to arrange sex with a mother and daughter, 8: prosecutors
A Colorado dentist is facing charges after he attempted to entice a mother and her 8-year-old daughter into having unlawful sex, federal prosecutors say. According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, 49-year-old Dr. James Jason Atha is accused of messaging someone he believed to be a mother about sexually grooming her 8-year-old daughter....
El Paso on high alert as dangerous Venezuelan gang described as 'MS-13 on steroids' surges into US
The Mexican border state of Chihuahua is on alert for members of a violent Venezuelan gang called Tren de Aragua, or TdA, after receiving reports that members of the gang were moving through the state to cross into the U.S. near El Paso, Texas. Chihuahua Secretary of Public Safety Gilberto Loya warned Monday that Mexican...









