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A Southern California woman said Wednesday that her late father was the infamous Zodiac killer who terrorized the San Francisco ...

DNA leads detectives to John Thomas Jr., 72. He is held in two slayings, but police suspect he may have killed up to 30 elderly Westside and Claremont women a decade apart.

The first wave of slayings haunted Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. The killer slipped mostly unseen through the night, preying on older women who lived alone. He raped them and squeezed their necks until they passed out or died.

The Huffington Post has confirmed reports that "Octo-Mom" Nadya Suleman was visited today by Orange County child services employees and two police detectives.

Police say a gunman who hijacked a plane in Jamaica has been captured after an eight-hour standoff with police.

A police spokesman says officers were called to a midtown Tucson motel at about 4 a.m. Thursday morning after an employee heard loud music and banging coming from the man's room.

The Newark Police Department gives seniors hands-on training designed to empower.

Police in London braced for new protests a day after several thousand demonstrators jammed the streets of London’s financial district in a brief but brutal spasm of violence.

The police officer who detained an NFL player in a hospital parking lot while the player's mother-in-law was dying inside has resigned.

An NFL player said Monday he accepts the apology offered by a Dallas police officer who stopped him with a drawn gun in a hospital parking lot while his mother-in-law was dying inside.

A fourth Oakland police officer who was critically wounded after being shot by a man wanted on a parole violation has been taken off life support, a hospital spokeswoman said.