LOS ANGELES — The family of Rob and Michele Reiner are working on a memorial for the couple, who were slain last weekend at their Brentwood home.

In a statement Monday, children Jake and Romy Reiner thanked the public for the outpouring of support and said details about a memorial will be coming.

Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in ...Read more

ATLANTA — A top Georgia Republican Party official will join a State Election Board that has revived efforts to find fraud in the 2020 election.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has appointed Salleigh Grubbs, first vice chair of the Georgia Republican Party, to the board that writes rules on election practices and investigates allegations of fraud. She ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Though it happened more than 2,000 miles away, the fallout of the assassination of conservative activist and campus speaker Charlie Kirk may reverberate during South Carolina’s 2026 legislative session.

Some House lawmakers want to honor Kirk, who spoke about conservative politics on college campuses, with an annual day and...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — One by one, crew members slowly hauled out large wooden boxes filled with chandeliers, posters, a cash register, the top of a bar, and other items frozen in time from June 12, 2016.

It was nearly all that remained inside the Pulse nightclub, where 49 people were killed during a mass shooting almost a decade ago.

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ATLANTA — A citizen board tasked with investigating deaths and serious injuries in Atlanta police custody opened a handful of investigations this year and is close to completing two of them but still faces a growing backlog of about 50 cases waiting for their action.

The board has gotten more money and hired more staff so it can pick up its ...Read more

NEW YORK — A man held on Rikers Island over accusations he beat to death his roommate in a Bronx drug treatment center died early Monday of a possible allergic reaction — the 15th city jails-linked death this year, officials said.

Kyron Randall, 33, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital about 12:10 a.m. after going into medical distress at the ...Read more

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said that President Donald Trump’s officials held “productive and constructive” meetings with Ukrainian and European counterparts in Florida as part of efforts to end Russia’s war.

The talks included Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and other European security ...Read more

CHICAGO — Beheshta was preparing for finals at Oakton College, where she is studying to become an echocardiographer, when she got a text from her sister in Italy.

“Hey, do you know what happened in the United States? They’re saying they will send all the people from Afghanistan back,” Beheshta, 30, recalled, paraphrasing the message.

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DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state courts would allow for the same offense in a ruling that could set precedent for hundreds of municipal courts around the state.

The justices ruled that when a municipal ordinance and a state statute prohibit identical conduct, ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal jury has awarded $2.56 million to a protester who says she was left brain damaged after NYPD cops slammed her head to the pavement during a 2020 Black Lives Matter George Floyd demonstration in Brooklyn.

Before talking to the streets on June 3, 2020, Brigid Pierce, then 37, held a director of marketing job, had written ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Recent temperature swings in the Bluegrass State underscore why Kentucky lawmakers are still clinging to coal, according to Senate Republicans who responded to new research by environmental groups calling for an end to the state’s alleged overreliance on fossil fuels.

Mid-December’s subfreezing temperatures proved why ...Read more

NEW YORK — A lawyer serving on New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team has a track record of praising and associating with Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader infamous for his bigoted rhetoric about Jews and others, according to a new report.

The details about Jacques Léandre, a local election lawyer who serves on the...Read more

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is offering undocumented immigrants who voluntarily leave the country a $3,000 “holiday stipend,” billing it as “the best gift that an illegal alien can give themselves and their families.”

DHS shared an Instagram post with a banner declaring “Limited Time Offer” in all caps across the top of...Read more

MIAMI — Roman Catholic Church leaders are making a plea to President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt all immigration deportation efforts through the holiday season.

Speaking on behalf of the Bishops of the Catholic Church in Florida, Archbishop Thomas Wenski — Miami’s top Catholic leader — appealed to officials to ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams is taking his end-of-term travel to the country of Georgia, where he’s toured a sports car dealership and new luxury suite at a Tbilisi hotel, the New York Daily News has learned.

The getaway appears to be for fun, not business. Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for the mayor said Adams “is not on an ...Read more

For more than a month, the San Francisco Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes — the latest in a series of seismic swarms that have rattled windows and raised fears across California.

The latest swarm has been centered in the East Bay suburb of San Ramon, where a magnitude 4 earthquake struck Friday ...Read more

ATLANTA — The 67 dogs were on heavy chains, many without food, water or shelter, on a sprawling 17-acre property in South Georgia, according to federal prosecutors.

Many had wounds and scars from dogfighting, and some were aggressive to the other dogs. There was evidence Dun Bradford had been breeding the pit bull-type dogs for fighting for ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington’s skies could soon be host to new drones flying to emergency situations across the city.

The Lexington Department of Public Safety wants to join a growing number of municipalities using drones to respond to 911 and emergency dispatch calls. If approved, the drones would be leased by the city from a private company...Read more

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Trump administration officials held “productive and constructive” meetings with Ukrainian and European counterparts in Florida as part of efforts to end Russia’s war.

The talks included U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and other European ...Read more