No more 'convicts' or 'felons' if San Francisco passes criminal justice language proposal
The Board of Supervisors wants to scrap pejorative descriptions and use "people-first language" that downplays a person's criminal record.
The Board of Supervisors wants to scrap pejorative descriptions and use "people-first language" that downplays a person's criminal record.
Federal authorities have broken an international crime ring that stole millions through fraud schemes and money laundering.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office recently launched an effort to add to a formal criminal allegation from Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra.
Fast-moving Mountain fire causes evacuations in Shasta County.
Los Angeles could bar people from sleeping on streets and sidewalks near schools, parks and day cares and in other prohibited areas under a newly proposed set of rules that has drawn fire from activists.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon 15 miles from Ridgecrest, where two major earthquakes struck in early July.
A shooting in downtown L.A. left four wounded Thursday, authorities said.