California Killings Accused

Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman who is wanted in India for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed over 160. He is in jail in the US. Now, a California court has said he can be extradited to India.

Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana, wanted in India for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed over 160, can be sent to India under the Indo-US extradition treaty, a court in California has said.

A 27-year-old homeless California woman has been accused of shooting and killing a Hollywood music producer in Santa Monica. William James Edwards III who has worked with musicians such as Travis Scott and Lil Cobaine was shot inside his car.

The man accused of kidnapping and then killing the eight-month-old baby and her family earlier this month on Thursday pleaded not guilty.

The brother of a man arrested for allegedly abducting and killing four members of an Indian-origin family in California earlier this week, has also been arrested for being an accessory to the crime, local media reported citing authorities.

A 33-year-old felon accused of killing four people and wounding two others in a stabbing spree in two Southern California cities "savagely attacked" his victims seemingly at random and unprovoked, police said on Thursday.

For years, Peter Chadwick's whereabouts mystified authorities. After being accused of murdering his wife of 17 years in their Newport Beach, California, home, the wealthy real estate investor had posted a $1 million bail, then failed to show up for a pretrial hearing. U.S. Marshals investigating his disappearance turned up a handful of clues: Chadw...

The gunman who killed 12 people in a crowded California country music bar has been identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine, the local sheriff said Thursday.

"I will find your children and I will kill them," Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk wrote in one of the emails, according to court documents.

On Friday, a judge unsealed parts of the arrest warrant for Joseph DeAngelo - the 72-year-old former police officer who is accused of committing serial rape and murder across California beginning 40 years ago.

Obdulia Sanchez aimed the camera phone at her face as she rapped along to the song blaring over the radio and tried to control the car she was driving on a road in California's Central Valley.

The man accused of purchasing the two rifles used by a couple to kill 14 people in California earlier this month was ordered held without bond by a judge on Monday.

Authorities sought on Thursday to determine if a couple accused of killing 14 people in a mass shooting at a workplace holiday party in Southern California had links to Islamic militant groups abroad, US officials familiar with the investigation said.

A Reno man appealing his conviction for murdering his wife and trying to assassinate the judge handling their bitter divorce in 2006 believed he was justified in shooting a "corrupt" judge but worried about being viewed as a " 'nut-case' with a rifle," one of his lawyers wrote in a memo to co-counsel at the time.

A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his younger sister to death in a crime that traumatized their Northern California town is due to appear in court on Wednesday where his attorney said he would likely deny charges of second-degree murder.

Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman who is wanted in India for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed over 160. He is in jail in the US. Now, a California court has said he can be extradited to India.

Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana, wanted in India for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed over 160, can be sent to India under the Indo-US extradition treaty, a court in California has said.

A 27-year-old homeless California woman has been accused of shooting and killing a Hollywood music producer in Santa Monica. William James Edwards III who has worked with musicians such as Travis Scott and Lil Cobaine was shot inside his car.

The man accused of kidnapping and then killing the eight-month-old baby and her family earlier this month on Thursday pleaded not guilty.

The brother of a man arrested for allegedly abducting and killing four members of an Indian-origin family in California earlier this week, has also been arrested for being an accessory to the crime, local media reported citing authorities.

A 33-year-old felon accused of killing four people and wounding two others in a stabbing spree in two Southern California cities "savagely attacked" his victims seemingly at random and unprovoked, police said on Thursday.

For years, Peter Chadwick's whereabouts mystified authorities. After being accused of murdering his wife of 17 years in their Newport Beach, California, home, the wealthy real estate investor had posted a $1 million bail, then failed to show up for a pretrial hearing. U.S. Marshals investigating his disappearance turned up a handful of clues: Chadw...

The gunman who killed 12 people in a crowded California country music bar has been identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine, the local sheriff said Thursday.

"I will find your children and I will kill them," Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk wrote in one of the emails, according to court documents.

On Friday, a judge unsealed parts of the arrest warrant for Joseph DeAngelo - the 72-year-old former police officer who is accused of committing serial rape and murder across California beginning 40 years ago.

Obdulia Sanchez aimed the camera phone at her face as she rapped along to the song blaring over the radio and tried to control the car she was driving on a road in California's Central Valley.

The man accused of purchasing the two rifles used by a couple to kill 14 people in California earlier this month was ordered held without bond by a judge on Monday.

Authorities sought on Thursday to determine if a couple accused of killing 14 people in a mass shooting at a workplace holiday party in Southern California had links to Islamic militant groups abroad, US officials familiar with the investigation said.

A Reno man appealing his conviction for murdering his wife and trying to assassinate the judge handling their bitter divorce in 2006 believed he was justified in shooting a "corrupt" judge but worried about being viewed as a " 'nut-case' with a rifle," one of his lawyers wrote in a memo to co-counsel at the time.

A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his younger sister to death in a crime that traumatized their Northern California town is due to appear in court on Wednesday where his attorney said he would likely deny charges of second-degree murder.