New Jersey girl calls 911 after touching Elf on the Shelf

Police say the 7-year-old was worried because legend says if you touch the elf the magic of Christmas goes away

• Dec 23, 2015

Grinches on bikes swipe items from Christmas display

Los Angeles-area homeowner puts on elaborate display and a lot of it is secured -- but some decorations still "disappeared"

• Dec 23, 2015

Cop in 137-shot case accepts deal in unrelated fight

Michael Brelo, a Cleveland police officer acquitted in shooting that led to two people's deaths, was fined $125 for a fight with his brother

• Dec 23, 2015

Florida man shoots, kills self during gun cleaning demo

Police say Josmel Herrera, 43, died during a video call with a relative demonstrating the proper way to clean a gun

• Dec 23, 2015

Man accused of shooting Muslim cabbie will stand trial

But possibility of hate crime charges in Pittsburgh case appears to recede based on victim's testimony

• Dec 23, 2015

Life as a Public Defender

In her weekly Crimesider blog, Assistant Broward County, Florida Public Defender Kim Segal confronts the holiday rush...to get low-level offenders home for Christmas

• Dec 23, 2015

​Man charged with hacking celebs' emails, stealing scripts

Prosecutors say Bahamian man tried to sell unreleased movie and TV scripts and private sex tapes he stole from celebrities' email accounts

• Dec 22, 2015

Judge upholds Seattle's "gun violence tax"

NRA, other gun rights groups sued to block measure adding $25 to the price of each firearm, plus 2 or 5 cents per round of ammunition

• Dec 22, 2015

Police ID "Grinch of Chattanooga" package theft suspect

Chattanooga police say Tony Ho is believed to be the thief taking packages from residents' front porches right before Christmas

• Dec 22, 2015

​Fugitive heir Robert Durst agrees to L.A. extradition

Durst faces murder charges in Los Angeles in the December 2000 death of his friend and onetime spokeswoman Susan Berman

• Dec 22, 2015

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