Social Security advocates brace for U.S. debt default with payments to beneficiaries at stakeSocial Security recipients could face interruptions in their payments, and need to be prepared, one expert said, but many have little flexibility to stave off financial crisis by themselves.

How a rural Arkansas prosecutor advocated for her pedophile uncleOne of Barry Walker’s victims, now 22, blamed those close to Walker for not stopping him before he sexually abused more than 30 girls. “They failed us,” she told NBC News.

L.A.'s water lifeline faces unprecedented flood threat. The battle to prevent calamityWith forecasters predicting a weeklong heat wave, work crews are scrambling to shore up flood defense along the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

Social Media Influencer Convicted of Lying About Children’s KidnappingIn 2020, Katie Sorensen posted a widely shared Instagram video in which she claimed that a couple tried to kidnap her two children at a Michaels craft store in Petaluma, Calif.

Judge finds it 'objectively true' that Devin Nunes family's farm 'knowingly' hired undocumented immigrantsThe defamation suit filed by Republican congressman-turned-Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes and his family against journalist Ryan Lizza over a 2018 Esquire article has fallen flat.

'What you have said, I don't believe': Judge scolds woman sentenced for commanding her dogs to attack a 6-year-old girl“I would never use my dogs in a malicious or threatening type of way towards anybody,” the woman told the judge during her sentencing hearing.

Fugitive slashed 75-year-old Boston man's throat, then ate his food and slept on his couch: DAPolice say fugitive Dion Pelzer entered David McDonald's apartment and slashed him in the throat and then ate his food and slept on his couch.

Florida woman armed with avocado hit with felony charge for attack on elderly boyfriendKarleen Jame Biswanger was charged with felony battery after she allegedly threw an avocado at her boyfriend, striking him in the head.

California standoff between Los Angeles County deputies and shooting suspect ends after more than 2 daysA shooting suspect who barricaded himself inside a home in Valinda, California, and fired upon deputies was found dead Sunday, ending a two-day standoff, officials said.

18 female prison guards fired for having relationships with inmates