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Kern County's sheriff is asking the FBI to probe into David Silva's death.

Opinion: Where is the outrage about the police beating death of David Silva?

By Julio Ricardo Varela

"Is this Rodney King all over again, but in Kern County?" Those are the words of lawyer David Cohn, referring to the case of David Sal Silva, a 33-year-old … Read More

This image provided by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office shows the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center booking photo of Ariel Castro, 52, after he was ordered to be held on $8 million bail Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County)

Castro’s mother: “I have a son who is sick – I am suffering too”

By NBC Latino staff

Lilian Rodriguez, mother of alleged Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, spoke to Telemundo about her son. "What can I say, I have a son who is sick who has … Read More

In this April 19, 2013 photo released by Chile's Police Investigative Unit on Thursday, April 25, 2013, investigators search for evidence in a house that was used to perform rites by a sect at a house in Colliguay, near the Chilean port of Valparaiso. Police on Thursday, arrested four people accused of burning a baby alive in a ritual because the leader of the sect believed that the end of the world was near and that the child was the antichrist. (AP Photo/ Chile's Police Investigative Unit)

Chile hunts sect members accused of burning 3-day-old baby

By Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual. Police began searching for the … Read More

Sketch artist Gil Zamora channels his criminal sketch background into drawing women as they describe themselves.

Forensic sketch artist reveals how the viral Dove beauty ad campaign got made

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Forensic sketch artist Gil Zamora draws somewhere around 350 sketches a year. But his latest project was unlike any sketch he's ever had to do … Read More

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California teen saves 8-year-old from arms of kidnapper

By Janet O, KCRA, Modesto, California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —A Modesto teenager was playing basketball when she saw a man grab an 8-year-old boy in an incident police are calling a would-be … Read More

Carlos Arredondo helped out with the investigation into the Boston marathon. (Courtesy Melissa Adan)

Boston bombing hero helps authorities with investigation

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Carlos Arredondo has gained worldwide attention as one of the heroes who came to the rescue of the injured at the Boston bombing.  He was at the finish line … Read More

Actor Demian Bichir will be making his directorial debut in an upcoming indie film.

Demián Bichir will make directorial debut in new indie film

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Demián Bichir is using his experience in front of the camera to create magic behind the scenes as he makes his directorial debut with an indie film titled … Read More

Demonstrators gathered on the steps of Anaheim City Hall on August 3, 2012 to protest the death of Manuel Diaz, 25, who died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a police pursuit by the Anaheim Police Department last Saturday on North Anna Drive. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Stuart Palley)

Anaheim police officer cleared of fatal shooting that led to unrest

By Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An Anaheim police officer was legally justified when he shot and killed a 25-year-old man in July in the first of two shootings that … Read More

Protesters participate in a rally near the federal courthouse in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Stop and Frisk trial: Whistleblower says police brass focused on number of arrests

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police brass were not concerned with whether patrol officers were saving lives or helping people, they were focused on one thing: numbers, said … Read More

Protesters participate in a rally near the federal courthouse in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trial opens for NYC stop-and-frisk challenge

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Many of the tens of thousands of New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted … Read More