Sacramento

North California: Cooler temperature and humidity help firefighters, but threat from Western fires persists

The Mosquito Fire in the foothills east of Sacramento spread to nearly 65 square miles (168 square kilometres), with 10 per cent containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

US: Man shoots dead three of his children, kills self at church in California's Sacramento

A fifth person also died in the shooting in Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a domestic incident

NBA Summer League: Sacramento Kings edge past Boston Celtics for first title since 2014

The Sacramento Kings had India's Princepal Singh, who played four minutes and eight seconds in the championship clinching game while scoring two points and getting a rebound.

NBA: Atlanta Hawks bulk up in free agency to transform into Playoffs contenders

In a six-day transformation, Atlanta Hawks went from being one of the league's backwater franchises to becoming an Eastern Conference contenders.

Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 26 murders and rapes; 74-year-old eluded capture for four decades

The court sentenced Joseph James DeAngelo under a plea deal that called for him to be sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms without possibility of parole, plus 15 life terms with the possibility of parole

Golden State Killer apprehended after 40 year probe; DNA taken from trash can led to arrest of former police officer

California law enforcement apprehended the Golden State Killer after an investigation spanning 40 years, with the help of DNA from a tissue in a trash can.

Golden State Killer nabbed: 72-year-old former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo arrested in decades-old case

A man once sworn to protect the public from crime was accused on Wednesday of living a double life terrorising suburban neighborhoods at night, becoming one of California's most feared serial killers and rapists in the 1970s and 1980s before leaving a cold trail that baffled investigators.

New York City Police shoot dead 34-year-old Brooklyn man carrying metal pipe, mistake it for firearm

Officers responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun fatally shot a man carrying a metal pipe, mistaking it for a firearm, the New York Police Department said.

African-American man shot dead in New York after police mistake pipe for gun on 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination

New York Police shot dead an African-American man in Brooklyn on Wednesday after mistaking a piece of pipe he was holding for a gun

Donald Trump administration files lawsuit challenging California's 'sanctuary' policy protecting illegal immigrants

The Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's efforts to protect immigrants who are in the country illegally served as the latest warning shot at communities nationwide with so-called sanctuary policies.