A Lancaster, California, man has been arrested for allegedly killing and decapitating his son and daughter, police said. Firefighters initially responded to a possible gas leak at the house in the 45000 block of Century Circle after 7:30 a.m. Friday. Upon entering, they discovered the bodies of a 12-year-boy and 13-year-old girl, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. L.A.... 

A woman stands in front of a house that had two vehicles thrown into it by the force of the tornadoes in Lancaster, Texas Tornadoes raked the Dallas area Tuesday, crumbling a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from hundreds of homes and spiraling big-rig trailers into the air like footballs. More than a dozen injuries were reported. Overturned cars left streets unnavigable and flattened trucks clogged... 

Inmates sit for dinner at the California State Prison in Lancaster. A federal overseer of the state’s prison system has suggested freeing the sickest inmates as a way to cut costs. The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused ‘suffering and death.’ In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns...