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A climber in Yosemite National Park captured videos of BASE jumpers illegally leaping from El Capitan during the U.S. government shutdown, when limited staffing left park enforcement weakened.

"Family Matters" star Darius McCrary was arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border in California.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 29-year-old man charged with starting what became the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, was in federal court in Orlando on Thursday. 

A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" on Jan. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The Palisades Fire killed 12 people, burned more than 23,000 acres, and destroyed more than 6,000 structures.

In 1989, an unidentified woman was found murdered in the Arizona desert. Her two young daughters had vanished. Now decades later, the sisters - who had no idea they were even missing - have been found alive.

Two people, a U.S. citizen and a Mexican national, were arrested.

A Texas woman has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $82,000 in federal disaster and unemployment benefits, prosecutors announced.

The National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to a balding man with a hunting knife whom they say was observed decapitating a dead sea lion.

Reggaetón megastar Bad Bunny has been named Super Bowl LX halftime show performer.

A woman known as the "Ketamine Queen" pleaded guilty to illegally selling the drug that led to actor Matthew Perry's death.

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration's use of National Guard troops during Los Angeles' immigration enforcement protests is illegal.

Lil Nas X has been charged with four felonies, including three counts of battery on a police officer.

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested for the plague, El Dorado County health officials announced on Wednesday.

“It sucks knowing in order to be myself, I have to have nicotine," said Peter Nguyen.

The San Diego Padres and the Boston Red Sox are joining the effort to support victims of the deadly Texas Hill Country floods.

Police say bystanders attacked a driver who intentionally drove his car into a crowd outside an East Hollywood night club. Now, police are searching for a man they say shot the driver.

What began as a surrogacy journey rooted in hope turned into heartbreak for a Texas woman — and is only a piece of a disturbing child abuse investigation in California involving more than 20 children and a now-defunct surrogacy company.

A training exercise turned into a real-life rescue mission in California.

A workplace mishap over the weekend left a 19-year-old man dead after he fell into a meat grinder at a food processing facility in California.