A 75-year-old man was arrested and charged in a cold case from 2005, California police announced on Sunday.  Philip William Frase was arrested by investigators from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 6, the office said in a statement on Facebook. He has been formally arraigned in the Sisikyou …

Washington — Another intruder has breached one of the nation’s most sensitive military bases — the home of Air Force One — and this time a resident opened fire on the trespasser, Joint Base Andrews said in a statement late Monday. During the incident, which occurred at about 11:30 a.m. …

Google-parent Alphabet is rolling out an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot dubbed “Bard” as it competes with the fast-emerging ChatGPT, backed by rival Microsoft. In a blog post on Monday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is sharing Bard with “trusted testers ahead of making it more widely available to the …

Washington — Lawmakers return to the Capitol this week confronted with a new round of appeals for police reform following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police. Five officers have been fired and charged with murder after video showed them repeatedly punching and kicking the 29-year-old while he was …

The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that more charges could be filed as part of the “ongoing investigation” into the death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who died in Memphis three days after being beaten at a traffic stop on Jan. 7. Five Memphis police officers involved …

The Department of Justice and eight states sued Google on Tuesday, claiming the internet giant has an illegal monopoly over online advertising.  It’s the fifth federal antitrust suit against the Alphabet-owned company since 2020, when the DOJ sued it over what the government claims is a monopoly in search. By …

Less than one month into 2023, the United States has already seen 39 mass shootings, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive, and more than 60 people have been killed in those attacks.    The archive defines a mass shooting as an incident where at least four victims are …

Elon Musk took the witness stand Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. The tweet in which Musk claimed he had “funding secured” resulted in a $40 million settlement with securities …

Legal battles against a new Illinois assault weapons ban are mounting. Since Jan. 10, when Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” legislation — which bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons in Illinois — the new law has been hit with a barrage of legal claims. …

Model Chrissy Teigen announced Thursday that she gave birth to her third child with singer John Legend. Esti Maxine Stephens was born Jan. 13, the couple said in separate Instagram posts. “The house is bustling and our family could not be happier,” Teigen wrote. “We are in bliss.” “I’m in …