California crime becomes a nationwide fixation
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Scott Peterson&#39;s convictions for killing his pregnant wife and her unborn son wrap up phase one of the most closely watched murder trial since OJ Simpson&#39;s nine years ago.
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Nassau County, N.Y., has made more than 70 arrests since it began focusing on Craigslist last year, one of numerous crackdowns from Hawaii to New Hampshire.
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In a city that prides itself on a drastic reduction in homicides since 1990, a triple homicide has driven home the sudden rise in killings.
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Murders, robberies and other violent crimes reported in the United States jumped 3.7 percent in the first half of the year, continuing a troubling upswing that began in 2005, the FBI said on Monday.
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ARE SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENTS fed up enough with crime to consider a dramatically different solution to the problem?  At this point, they should be.
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The investigation of insurance industry practices launched by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer isn&#39;t just spreading to include more insurers, it has set off a frenzy of scrutiny nationwide, from California to Connecticut.
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The "L.A. Law" state strikes again.
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By DON THOMPSON  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As many as 5,000 California convicts will be transferred out of state to ease an overcrowding crisis in the nation's largest prison system, a top corrections official said Friday.
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California officials are unveiling a proposed bill that would make it a crime to drop off hospital patients on the street.
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By Michael Fitzgerald, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 23--Imagine police announcing a new crime-fighting strategy: Instead of patrolling, they will send all citizens a checklist allowing them to "self-certify" they are law-abiding.
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Violent crime has fallen for the first time in eight years, but drug-linked offences and robberies are on the rise, according to Home Office figures released Thursday.
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Across the country, Americans are giving in familiar ways, but with plenty of new twists.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.
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New Yorkers, especially around New  York City, and Californians, especially around Los Angeles, are  more likely to be targets of identity theft, according to a new  study.
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More than 2,700 recently paroled sex offenders in California have been told they have to move because they are violating a new law that bars them from living near schools and parks.
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As violent crime rates continue to drop, experts look for explanations -- and signs of whether the decline is permanent
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A report Friday found mixed successes in California&#39;s new program that sends drug offenders to treatment instead of jail. The UCLA study concluded that nearly one third of