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Former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said Sunday he’s a whistleblower who was fired within hours of meeting with the FBI about city hall corruption.

Former District Attorney of San Francisco George Gascon has thrown his hat in the ring. He is running to replace LA District Jackie Lacey. NBC4 Conan Nolan talks with the candidate as to why he wants to be LA’s chief prosecutor. As seen on NewsConference on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019.

The Tick Fire is 70% contained Saturday morning, having scorched 4,615 acres, fire officials said. All but one lane of the 14 Freeway was reopened this morning as crews battled the fire burning in Canyon Country and Santa Clarita.

Some evacuations were lifted Friday and the northbound 14 Freeway was reopened as crews continued to battle the 4,300-acre Tick Fire burning in Canyon Country and Santa Clarita ahead of an anticipated shift in wind direction.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced his resignation from office Thursday, and was expected to explore a campaign to unseat Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, according to officials familiar with the decision.

Desperation mounted in the Bahamas on Tuesday as hurricane survivors arriving in the capital by boat and plane were turned away from overflowing shelters. As government officials gave assurances at a news conference that more shelters would be opened as needed, Julie Green and her family gathered outside the headquarters of the island’s emergency management agency, seeking help. “We need...

Fifty-seven crew members from the Los Angeles city and county fire departments were being deployed to the Southeast Tuesday to help with the response to Hurricane Dorian as the storm neared the U.S. mainland.

Two reputed gang members were charged Tuesday with capital murder stemming from the shooting of off-duty Los Angeles police Officer Juan Jose Diaz in Lincoln Heights amid what investigators say was a 90-minute crime spree that included a separate attempted murder.

The three suspects arrested in Riverside for the killing of an off-duty Los Angeles police officer July 27 remained behind bars Sunday as the investigation continued.

Three arrests were made in the killing of off-duty LAPD officers Juan Jose Diaz. Christine Kim and Toni Guinyard report for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019.

The chief of a California police department says she left her gun in a restroom and it was immediately stolen and now officials are looking for a man seen in restaurant surveillance video leaving shortly after the weapon vanished.

The chief of a California police department says she left her gun in a restroom and it was immediately stolen and now officials are looking for a man seen in restaurant surveillance video leaving shortly after the weapon vanished.

The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday will consider formally creating the police department’s first unmanned aircraft program, which has long been opposed by critics who believe the use of drones amounts to an invasion of residents’ privacy.

Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as “choir practice” — a chance to share what they saw that day and anything else on their minds. T.J. Bonner, who led the National Border Patrol Council during much of his 32-year career as an agent,...

The acting director for the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday he has directed an “immediate investigation” following ProPublica’s report into a secret Facebook group for agents that included sexually explicit posts about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and questioned the authenticity of a recent photo of a father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande. Kevin McAleenan tweeted that such...

Competing demonstrations spilled into the streets of downtown Portland on Saturday, with fights breaking out in places as marchers clashed. At least three groups had planned rallies or demonstrations at different sites in the city, including members of the so-called Proud Boys and anti-fascist groups that include “antifa,” and the fights occurred when participants of the opposing groups met, according...

Competing demonstrations spilled into the streets of downtown Portland on Saturday, with fights breaking out in places as marchers clashed. At least three groups had planned rallies or demonstrations at different sites in the city, including members of the so-called Proud Boys and anti-fascist groups that include “antifa,” and the fights occurred when participants of the opposing groups met, according...

The 37-year-old Staten Island mother found dead along with her two toddler sons in their smoke-filled home over the weekend, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, was a U.S. military member who moved to the city from Russia — and became an American citizen during a 2012 ceremony at the White House.

More than 20 years after a barely 2-year-old New Jersey boy vanished near his home, prosecutors reissued a call Monday for information from the public in hopes of cracking the now decades-old cold case.

The 37-year-old Staten Island mother found dead along with her two toddler sons in their smoke-filled home over the weekend, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, was a U.S. military member who moved to the city from Russia — and became an American citizen during a 2012 ceremony at the White House.