On the evening of May 11, 2019, three friends gathered around a pool and a hot tub to enjoy a few drinks and play music. By morning, only one was alive. The sole survivor was Marcus Lillard. First responders had been told that Lillard’s girlfriend, Marianne Shockley, had drowned in …

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that the sheriff’s department and prosecutors in Orange County, California, ran an extensive jailhouse informant program for years that violated the rights of criminal defendants. The federal agency, which began investigating the allegations in 2016, issued a lengthy report detailing Orange County authorities’ use …

The four members of a California family who were kidnapped earlier this week were led out of a business by an armed man before they disappeared, according to surveillance footage released Wednesday by local officials. A person of interest is in custody, but has been hospitalized in critical condition after attempting …

Washington — The National Records and Archives Administration told House Democrats on Friday that it has not yet retrieved all the records from officials in the Trump administration that it should have under federal law and would consult with the Justice Department on further action. In a letter to House …

Facebook parent Meta is cutting staff for the first time in its history, according to multiple media reports. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees Thursday that the 18-year-old company would freeze hiring and reduce budgets for most teams, with Meta expecting to end the year with fewer employees, Bloomberg reported. As …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena to testify Tuesday in an abortion access case, according to court documents. A process server wrote in an affidavit that he was …

On March 5, 1993, 12-year-old Rick Ennis was walking at night along a dark Alabama highway, not far from Montgomery. He had just crashed his family’s car on the side of the road, against a fence, and was on foot heading home. That’s when John Clark, then an Alabama state …

Stocks closed sharply lower on Wall Street and bond yields rose after the Federal Reserve stepped up its fight against inflation by sharply raising interest rates. The S&P 500 lost 66 points, or 1.7%, on Wednesday to end at 3,789 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also fell 1.7%, while …

The National Guard is expected to miss its recruiting goals by 9,000 members when the fiscal year ends next week, the chief of the National Guard bureau said Tuesday.  The Army National Guard will miss its goal by 6,000, and the Air National Guard will be about 3,000 short, Gen. …

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly called Boston Children’s Hospital and said a bomb was on the way. The threat was later determined to be a hoax. Catherine Leavy, of Westfield, Massachusetts, was taken into custody without incident at her home on Thursday morning, officials said during a …