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MEXICO CITY — Even among Mexican cartel bosses — a bunch known for lavish wealth, daring escapes and extreme brutality — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada stood out.

He was a longtime partner of Joaquín “El Chapo” ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Fred Goldman, who won a civil judgment against former NFL star O.J. Simpson over the 1994 slaying of his son Ron Goldman, is seeking $177 million against Simpson’s estate in Las Vegas where the one-time ...Read more

South Korean authorities are reportedly investigating three Chinese students they say used a drone in late June to take images of the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt while it was anchored in Busan ...Read more

Prince William has removed Queen Camilla’s sister from the royal payroll after nearly two decades, according to the estate he inherited after King Charles was crowned the British monarch.

The 42-year-old Prince of Wales...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The National Park Service is closing a camping site in Lake Mead National Recreation Area after an influx of “residential-type visitors” led to damaged natural resources and high rates of crime, according...Read more

After a brief lull in storms forming in the Atlantic, forecasters are watching a disturbance nearing the eastern Caribbean Sea that could develop while it moves in a general direction over the Caribbean islands.

An “...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jorge Armando Contreras seemed to enjoy a life beyond the means of a fiscal director for an Orange County school district.

He wore designer clothing, drove a BMW X5 and bought a new $1.5-million home in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Park fire in Butte County — the largest blaze in California this year — exploded to more than 178,000 acres by Friday afternoon, with its rapid spread destroying scores of buildings and forcing more...Read more

In the ongoing criminal case against former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, prosecutors won’t say why they’ve dropped two of his charges and police have refused to release body camera footage of his arrest.

Brooks, ...Read more

Donald Trump gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the warm welcome he was hoping for at Mar-a-Lago on Friday after the Israeli got a thinly veiled rebuke from presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Washington.

Trump ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A new indictment accuses a former correctional officer at a now-shuttered federal women's prison in California dubbed the "rape club" of abusing more female inmates.

A federal grand jury issued a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Park fire, raging in Butte and Tehama counties, continued to chew through the Northern California wilderness Friday, more than tripling in size since Wednesday night to just over 178,000 acres as...Read more

DENVER — A hiker from Arizona fell hundreds of feet to his death Wednesday while traversing a mountain ridge in southwestern Colorado, about 20 miles southwest of Telluride, according to sheriff’s officials.

The 21-...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County prosecutors have charged three men with murder, arson and financial crimes in connection with the death of a Chicago firefighter last year while battling a blaze on the Far South Side.

Martez ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday sent a letter to Oakland officials urging them to allow police to engage in more vehicle pursuits, contending that the limitations placed on officers contribute to public ...Read more

NEW YORK — A 65-year-old retired probation officer from Chicago fatally shot her grandson’s mother on an Upper East Side street Friday just yards from Gracie Mansion, then turned the gun on herself, NYPD detectives ...Read more

A Nebraska teenager has been accused of forcing a train to derail so he could record the incident and share it on YouTube, according to court records.

The 17-year-old, who was not named, was charged with two felony counts...Read more

A federal judge ordered an Annapolis man and his medical lab companies to pay $26.3 million for billing Medicare for unnecessary respiratory tests during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prosecutors wrote in a complaint last ...Read more