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A man who was charged in a drunken-driving crash that killed a mother and her 9-year-old daughter on New Year’s Day last year died late last year of a drug overdose, court records obtained Tuesday show. Melvin Cleveland Branch, who turned 30 on New Year’s Eve 2018, overdosed on fentanyl on Dec. 29, according to court records. The former Maryland…

A marijuana dispensary owner and his roommate are abducted in the middle of the night at gunpoint from their Newport Beach home by three masked men. Driven to the Mojave Desert while the man was tortured, the disturbing events of the next few hours would haunt them both forever.

A driver being investigated in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Escondido that killed an avid cycler and new father faces nearly 20 charges, though none were for the deadly crash, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Twenty seconds was the difference between a big mess and serious injuries when a car crashed into a San Marcos restaurant on Tuesday.

With Brexit just 47 days away, the British government asked lawmakers on Sunday to give Prime Minister Theresa May more time to rework her divorce deal with the European Union. Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said Parliament would get to pass judgment on May’s Brexit plan “no later than Feb. 27.” The promise is a bid to avert a showdown on...

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman near Oceanside who, along with her 7-year-old child had more than 48 pounds of methamphetamine inside her vehicle.

An attorney for 21 alleged sexual assault and rape victims will hold a press conference Wednesday in San Francisco to announce a new lawsuit against rideshare company Lyft.

Rescue crews had to save six passengers from a minivan stranded in floodwaters in Mission Valley Friday evening.

A mother was arrested after she was found unresponsive with a syringe in her hand as her 10-month-old son sat in the backseat, police in Indiana said Saturday.

Coroner’s officials Saturday released the name of a 25- year-old mother who was killed in a chain-reaction crash on the 5 Freeway in Irvine.

Two Americans were killed and five others were injured in a bus accident as they traveled in Belize on Wednesday as part of a Carnival Cruise Line trip. Jacqueline Abad, 53, and Sara Armijo, 51, were killed as they were traveling on a roadway to Belmopan City in a Grey Dodge passenger van as part of their Carnival Cruise trip,...

NASCAR has fined three car owners $50,000 each and penalized their teams for manipulating the season-ending Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in an alleged scheme to collect a higher bonus payout. Jay Robinson (Premium Motorsports), Rick Ware (Rick Ware Racing) and TJ Puchyr (Spire Motorsports) were fined. Each team penalized had cars fall out of the race, apparently to...

The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England last month were repatriated to their homeland on Wednesday and have been taken to their families. The bodies arrived on a flight that landed in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, the news website VNExpress reported. The website published photos of ambulances that transported...

A suburban school bus driver was arrested after she allegedly purchased beer at a convenience store and drank it while picking up students during a morning bus route.

President Donald Trump sought to assure opponents of abortion rights on Friday that he stands with them and would veto any legislation from a Democratic-controlled House that “weakens the protection of human life.”

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department released surveillance video of a man wanted for attacking a Victor Valley transit bus driver in Phelan on Dec. 21, 2018.

Cell phone video captured witnesses desperately trying to save a motorcycle rider and a driver who ran into each other in a fiery high-speed collision in Santa Ana

One neighborhood in Corona is trying to end dangerous, illegal street races. Tony Shin reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6, 2019.

From cuts and bruises to broken bones and worse, people ages 8 to 89 years old are getting hurt riding electric scooters, researchers found. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.

London’s transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber’s operating license over concerns about impostor drivers, with the ride-hailing company vowing to appeal the decision as it struggles to secure its future in the British capital. It’s the latest chapter in Uber’s rocky history with London transport officials, who have subjected the San Francisco-based tech company to ever tighter scrutiny...