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The vice mayor of a tiny Southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles.

A second person has been arrested in connection to a recent hit-and-run in Columbia County that killed an 8-year-old girl from Lake City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court to charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her native Colombia.

The trial for two men accused of killing Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay will resume Tuesday after opening statements and testimony on the long-in-the-making trial's first day.

It has been three weeks since three Kansas City fans joined friends to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers in the final game of the regular season.

Beginning in October, federal student loan borrowers will need to start making payments for their loans after a more than 3-year long pause due to the pandemic.

A small diving group in New York City is trying to do its part in undoing the pollution threatening the oceans and aquatic wildlife.

Yoán Moncada scampered home on a 10th-inning wild pitch that knocked down umpire Cory Blaser, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Police say a man who didn’t want his girlfriend to get an abortion fatally shot her during a confrontation in a Dallas parking lot.

The amoeba is a microscopic organism that quickly destroys brain tissue and can kill in just days.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills aimed at moving away from reliance on fossil fuel-based energy.

A new study finds that minority neighborhoods where residents were long denied home loans through a practice called redlining have twice as many oil and gas wells as mostly white neighborhoods.

The annual New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City's Times Square has arrived just as the year prior began, with the pandemic clouding an already uncertain future.

Authorities in Florida say a 32-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her mother.

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico nearly four years ago, changing the lives of many. One family affected now opened a new business in Orange Park.

Google Maps via CNN(CNN) - A woman who jumped in to help save a boy whose three siblings drowned in Texas described the child's struggle to stay afloat after they were overcome by waves. The three siblings drowned Thursday night at Sylvan Beach Park in La Porte, officials said. A fourth child, who's 10 years old, was pulled from the water and survived, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. She saw the parents trying to grab a child and jumped into the water to help, she told CNN affiliate KTRK/ABC. Search took four hoursPolice received a call to report the drowning around 7:15 p.m. and arrived on the scene within minutes, Gonzalez told OnScene.TV.

Multiple people were killed Saturday in a shooting in El Paso, Texas, according to local police. The case has a "nexus to a potential hate crime," El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said. FBI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie said more investigative work was needed before determining whether there was a possible hate crime. "One murder occurrence can take all day, now we have 20 victims, El Paso Police Sgt. Walmart issued a statement regarding the shooting, saying, "We're in shock over the tragic events at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso.

TAMPA, Fla. – A bankruptcy hearing ended Wednesday in Tampa with no decision for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Anthony believes that by filing for bankruptcy protection, the two defamation lawsuits from Kronk and Gonzalez should not exist. We want a fresh start," said Anthony's bankruptcy attorney Andrew Chmelir. They wanted the judge to postpone Anthony's bankruptcy discharge until 21 days after their civil defamation trials in state court. "I think the state court, specifically the state court judge, has an understanding of the defamation issues," said Gonzalez's attorney Justin Luna.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A judge on Tuesday denied a motion from Zenaida Gonzalez's attorneys to move Casey Anthony's bankruptcy hearing from Tampa to Orlando. Lawyers for Gonzalez, along with Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk, a witness in Anthony's murder trial, wanted the bankruptcy case moved. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May ruled, however, that Anthony's case will remain in the Tampa division. Anthony's bankruptcy attorney David Schrader argued that 65 percent of the creditors are outside Central Florida. Gonzalez, who claims Anthony defamed her when falsely claiming a nanny with a similar name kidnapped Caylee, is one of dozens of potential creditors Anthony says may have a claim against her.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Judge Lisa Munyon on Thursday denied a motion from the Casey Anthony defense team to dismiss the civil lawsuit that has been filed against her by Zenaida Gonzalez, the woman who says Anthony defamed her. The case will proceed toward a start date of January after Munyon ruled there are enough questions about a Zenaida Gonzalez. Munyon said a jury, not a judge should decide the case. Gonzalez shares a similar name as a fictitious baby sitter -- Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez -- who Anthony initially said kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. At Anthony's murder trial last summer, Anthony's defense claimed Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool and, therefore, had not been abducted.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lawyers for Casey Anthony and Zenaida Gonzalez were back in court Friday in a hearing for Gonzalez's civil trial. Gonzalez's attorneys sought a judgment in favor on some of the allegations for damages. They also cited jailhouse videos in which Anthony claims police never showed her a picture of Gonzalez, when in fact, they did. Gonzalez shares a similar name -- Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez -- as a fictitious baby sitter whom Anthony initially said kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. Attorneys representing Gonzalez and Anthony, 25, requested the later date, in part because of conflicts with other clients.