The Bay Area man was killed last week in a California prison where he'd been serving a life sentence for murdering a close ...

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On July 3, as a heat dome of historic intensity parked itself over the West Coast, the National Weather Service ...

Pleasant Valley State Prison, a Fresno County jury is now learning where investigators say the suspect stashed his weapon.

As they fought to keep Sean "Diddy" Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul's lawyers highlighted ...