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With heavy rain expected, City of Los Angeles issues evacuation warnings for burn scars

Daily Bulletin | 2026-02-15, 05:39

LOS ANGELES — Storms are expect to move across the Southern California beginning Sunday, bringing colder winter temperatures and significant rainfall to the valleys and inland areas and snow to the mountains. In advance of the storm, the City of Los Angeles on

How $40-a-Pack Cigarettes Pushed Australians to the Black Market

New York Times | 2026-02-15, 05:05

Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco. ...

14-year-old girl, a possible human trafficking victim, is rescued by Long Beach Police

Daily Breeze | 2026-02-15, 04:56

LONG BEACH — Detectives and officers from the Long Beach Police Department located and rescued a missing 14-year-old girl who may have been a human trafficking victim in Los Angeles, authorities said Saturday. The LBPD received a report about the missing girl

FOX45: Broadway Market clerk shot and killed in early morning robbery

no EC Baltimore Sun | 2026-02-15, 04:53

A robbery at a Baltimore convenience store early Friday morning turned deadly after a masked suspect shot a clerk and then calmly took money from the register before walking out, according to surveillance video shared with FOX45 by the store’s owner. The owner

One killed in three-vehicle La Presa crash

no EC San Diego Union-Tribune | 2026-02-15, 04:48

At least one person was killed in a crash in the La Presa area of east San Diego County near Spring Valley late Friday,

Woman flown to hospital after suicide attempt while in custody

no EC The Crescent News | 2026-02-15, 04:24

McCLURE — A rural Napoleon woman was flown to a Toledo area hospital earlier this week after her detainment by the Henry County Sheriff's Office and a reported suicide attempt. ...

Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95

New York Times | 2026-02-15, 03:53

An engineer by training, he used systems theory and quantitative analysis to examine criminal behavior, revealing the systemic patterns of crime. ...

No arrests after massive police operation in search for Nancy Guthrie

no EC Waco Tribune-Herald | 2026-02-15, 02:56

The FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department swarmed a Catalina Foothills area Friday night as the search for missing Tucson woman Nancy Guthrie intensified. ...

FOX45: Maryland man accused of smelling child’s feet at Dave and Busters

no EC Baltimore Sun | 2026-02-15, 02:47

A 30-year-old Germantown man has been charged after police say he allegedly assaulted a 10-year-old at Dave and Buster’s in Silver Spring, and detectives believe there may be additional victims.

Arrests In Brevard County: February 14, 2026 – Suspects Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Space Coast Daily | 2026-02-15, 02:39

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The suspects below were arrested by various law enforcement agencies on the Space Coast! PLEASE NOTE: All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The mugshots and arrest records published on

Man suspected of burglarizing or vandalizing six Alameda businesses in one morning

The Mercury News | 2026-02-15, 02:35

ALAMEDA — Police here arrested man suspected of six early morning acts of burglary or vandalism, all targeting local businesses,

Dh2.4 million fraud case: Two sentenced to jail in UAE for 3 years

Khaleejtimes | 2026-02-15, 02:32

Two defendants have been sentenced to three years in prison after an appeal overturned an earlier ruling that had cleared them of defrauding a Gulf national of Dh2.4 million. The case had initially ended in acquittal before a lower

Six mysterious 'Twin Peaks' deaths in Balkan Mountains stir controversy

Six unsolved deaths in two remote parts of the Balkan Mountains become a source of conspiracy across Bulgaria. ...

What We Know About the Disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s Mother

Pioneer Press | 2026-02-15, 02:27

Nearly two weeks have passed since Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing Feb. 1. Her disappearance, which is being investigated as a kidnapping, has gripped the nation, with unverified reports

Man arrested after allegedly attacking Baltimore police officers

no EC Baltimore Sun | 2026-02-15, 02:11

Baltimore police arrested a man early Saturday morning after he allegedly attacked two officers in

Woman stabbed to death in San Juan Capistrano, estranged husband identified as suspect

Orange County Register | 2026-02-15, 02:06

A woman was found stabbed to death Saturday morning, Feb. 14, in San Juan Capistrano, and her estranged spouse was set to be booked on suspicion of murder in her death, authorities said. Deputies were called shortly after 6:30 a.m. to the 26000 block of

Massachusetts Gov. Healey balances housing production, fire safety in MBTA zoning law

Boston Herald | 2026-02-15, 01:26

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Gov. Maura Healey says towns resisting compliance with the controversial MBTA zoning law won’t be blocked from fire safety grants, as she considers a housing production tool that fire officials describe as a “serious

A year after border agent’s killing, 7 Zizians fight criminal charges in 3 states

Boston Herald | 2026-02-15, 01:26

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready The violent deaths linked to the group known as Zizians stopped at six a year ago, after a U.S. border agent was killed and three members were arrested on trespassing and gun charges in the woods of western Maryland.

Gisèle Pelicot intends to visit ex-husband in prison to get answers

Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial, says she intends to visit her ex-husband in jail and look her abuser "straight in the eye" to get answers to other allegations under investigation. ...

‘Huge moment’ for bereaved families as pandemic inquiry’s final module opens

London Evening Standard | 2026-02-15, 01:17

The inquiry has so far sat for 250 days overall, published more than 600,000 documents and called more than 600 witnesses across the UK. ...

No active shooting situation at the Oaks Mall in Gainesville

The Gainesville Sun | 2026-02-15, 00:34

Watch: Police respond to shooting reports at Oaks Mall in Gainesville Police respond to shooting reports at Oaks Mall in Gainesville Gainesville Police confirmed there was no active shooter at the Oaks Mall on Feb. 14, 2026.Dozens of law

Samy Sedhom, 21, of Lawrence, accused of shooting crossbow at woman, grazing her face

Newsday | 2026-02-15, 00:20

A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday night and charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a crossbow at a woman, grazing and cutting her face, Nassau County police said. Officers responded to an aided case call at a home on West Avenue in

2 arrested for scamming Islip man, 92, out of $250,000

Newsday | 2026-02-15, 00:20

Suffolk police arrested and charged two men on Friday for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly Central Islip man through a sweepstakes prize scam. In December, the man, 92, picked up a call from someone telling him he had won $18

Giles County man charged with solicitation of a minor

no EC The Roanoke Times | 2026-02-15, 00:05

A 19-year-old Narrows man has been charged after allegedly using an electronic device in the solicitation of a minor. ...

Phone scam, domestic disturbance, traffic stop: Helena police incidents from Feb. 13

no EC Independent Record | 2026-02-14, 23:56

The Helena Police Department responded to a variety of incidents throughout the day. Here's a summary of notable events. ...

Custodian arrested after hiding in girls’ locker room during basketball game at West Virginia high school

Wtop | 2026-02-14, 23:47

A West Virginia school custodian is facing 29 charges after police say he was found hiding in a girls’ locker room during a basketball game at a Berkeley County high school. Berkeley County Schools report the custodian, who has been identified as William