Authorities are investigating after the Los Angeles home of actress Gina Torres was burglarized Friday night, with thieves making off with an estimated $200,000-plus in cash and jewelry, police confirmed. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) says officers responded to the property in the San Fernando Valley around 7 p.m. after receiving a report that windows had been smashed and the…
Authorities have arrested a woman in connection with the death of a 3-month-old infant after investigators say alcohol was intentionally placed inside the baby’s bottle, leading to fatal consequences. According to law enforcement officials, emergency responders were called to a residence after the infant was found unresponsive. The baby was transported to a nearby hospital,…
A former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison—the maximum permitted under state law—for the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help from her own home nearly a year and a half ago. Thirty-one-year-old Sean Grayson, who was convicted in October 2025 of second-degree…
A close-knit family and community are reeling after the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Teonia Stokes, a pregnant mother, college student, and aspiring teacher, in a violent weekend incident in the Atlanta area. Stokes, who was seven months pregnant with a baby boy, was killed early on January 25, 2026, and her unborn child also died,…
A Los Angeles-area certified nursing assistant has been arrested and charged in connection with multiple allegations that he sexually abused vulnerable adult patients while on duty at a care home in Southern California, authorities confirmed this week. According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, 61-year-old Kayode Agbolade Ogunba was taken into custody on January…
Attorneys representing three members of a family charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old girl during a religious exorcism are asking a Santa Clara County judge to throw out the case under California’s Racial Justice Act, arguing that their prosecution was tainted by bias against their religious faith, ethnicity and national origin. Background:…
Former NFL defensive tackle Kevin Johnson, who played in the mid-1990s for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders, has died at the age of 55. His death is being investigated as a homicide, officials and multiple news outlets report. Johnson’s body was discovered on Wednesday near a homeless encampment in the Willowbrook area of…
A tragic case of mistaken identity on Christmas Day has left a young Amazon driver dead and a Texas father facing a murder charge, according to authorities. Late on the night of Dec. 25, 2025, 25-year-old Desmond Butler, an Amazon driver who had recently moved to Houston from Georgia for work, pulled his gray Honda Pilot into…
Andre Bell, a 20-year-old sophomore and standout basketball player at Fisk University, was killed in a shooting on a Nashville interstate late Sunday night, authorities confirmed. Bell, a Business Administration major and valued member of the Fisk Bulldogs men’s basketball team, was driving northbound on Interstate 65 near the I-40 interchange with two friends after…
A young child and a dog were found alone inside a vehicle Sunday morning after an attempted car theft in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, authorities said. The case took a major turn this week with the arrest of the child’s mother on suspicion of child endangerment and related felony charges. Shortly before…
