Lancaster

Prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with decapitating two of his children allegedly forced his two younger children to view their slain siblings, whose remains were in the family’s Lancaster home for five days before he was arrested.

Thirteen people who are accused of committing crimes while participating in a civil disturbance in Lancaster on Sunday night sat behind bars Tuesday, with bail for seven of them set at $1 million.

Demonstrators gathered outside a police station Sunday night to protest the fatal shooting of a man prosecutors said ran at a police officer with a knife.

Police in Pennsylvania have deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call.

A traveling thief who allegedly targeted weddings and other events to steal cell phones, purses, laptops and other items was captured Thursday at San Francisco International Airport, police said.

Two men were fatally shot early Saturday at a South Carolina sports bar and eight other people were wounded in the gunfire, authorities said. A suspect was being sought. The shooting occurred in Lancaster, a community about 45 miles (72 kilometers) south of Charlotte, North Carolina. Coroner Karla Deese told news outlets that the dead have been identified as Henry...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Angel Reinosa fabricated a claim that he was shot Wednesday afternoon while standing in the parking lot of the Lancaster Sheriff’s station, department officials announced Saturday night.

A manhunt continued Thursday for a shooter who ambushed and wounded a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy outside the department’s Lancaster station. Deputy Angel Reinosa was in the parking lot of the station when shots were fired at 2:48 p.m. Wednesday, striking him in his right shoulder. Late Wednesday night the sheriff’s department tweeted “2 adults detained (for being uncooperative)...

A deputy was wounded in his shoulder when deputies were ambushed, according to authorities. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019.

U.S. immigration officials have placed a detainer on the man charged with seven counts of negligent homicide in the collision that killed seven motorcyclists in a small New Hampshire town last week. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ordered a hold on 23-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, a Ukraine national who was allegedly driving the pickup truck that was involved in the June...

Saabir Ali, an athlete competing in the Penn Relays, was startled to see Philadelphia police draw their guns on him as he made his way home from the international track-and-field competition in West Philadelphia. His mother filed a complaint with the police district, claiming officers overreacted in their alleged search for a bike thief.

Charlie is a blind, 11-year-old golden retriever who has turned his new puppy companion into his own tiny “seeing-eye” dog. Charlie and Maverick are two golden retrievers that are taking social media by storm with their story — a 4-month-old puppy helping a blind dog “see” again.

Charlie is a blind, 11-year-old golden retriever who has turned his new puppy companion into his own tiny “seeing-eye” dog. Charlie and Maverick are two golden retrievers that are taking social media by storm with their story — a 4-month-old puppy helping a blind dog “see” again.

An Irvine synagogue was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti overnight Tuesday, just days after the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Employees arriving for work spotted the vandalism about 9 this morning at Beth Jacob Synagogue, 3900 Michelson Drive.

A foul odor emanating from a stone pillar outside a Southern California grocery store led to a grisly find — a decomposing human body. The manager of the WinCo Foods in Lancaster reported a strong smell coming from the column and called a repairman Saturday afternoon thinking it was some type of sewer leak. But when a handyman and plumber...

A Portland, Oregon, woman who had been missing for a week was found late Friday in Monterey County, officials said. Ian Cull reports.

A man is filing a lawsuit against the officer who shot him with a Taser in a viral video, as well as the Lancaster City Police Department.

Pennsylvania convenience stores are installing blue lights to discourage opioid use in bathroom stalls.

In the dark of night, three travelers advanced inexorably toward tragedy. Accompanied by her parents on her first train trip, 11-year-old Andrea Chancey couldn’t sleep despite the steady rocking of the Amtrak coach. Aboard the same train after missing a flight, Ken Ivory lounged nearby. Miles away, Willie C. Odom steered a towboat as it pushed barges up a river...

A woman said Tuesday that she told Oregon child welfare officials in 2013 that Jennifer and Sarah Hart — who plunged off a California cliff with their children last month in an SUV — had been depriving the kids of food as punishment. In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Alexandra Argyropoulos, a former friend of the Harts, said...