A Miami man is the last of six suspects to be convicted in a violent human smuggling operation across Cuba, Miami and Louisiana, that involved kidnapping and extorting Cuban migrants as well as ...

Rafael Perez is a columnist for the Southern California News Group. He is a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Rochester. You can reach him at rafaelperezocregister@gmail.com.

Two Brooklyn men on Tuesday were charged in federal court for allegedly murdering a man at the intersection of Woodhaven ...

The 25-year-old victim, Akil Kornegay, reguarly bought marijuana from the two men but in January 2021 that relationship went ...

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt announced his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles last month after spending the last year criticizing Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, most vocally for their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Los Angeles police officer Rafael Perez looks back at the courtroom during a hearing in the Rampart corruption scandal of ...

10:02 a.m. Feb. 6, 2026: An earlier version of this article identified Rafael Perez as a former LAPD detective. His rank was officer. The LAPD has opened an internal investigation into a San Fernando ...

LOS ANGELES — The LAPD has opened an internal investigation into a San Fernando Valley gang unit officer who used a photo of Rafael Perez — the face of the Rampart police scandal of the late 1990s — ...

I didn’t know much about First Lady Melania Trump before Monday when I bought a ticket to watch her new documentary “Melania”. The documentary was produced by Amazon and directed by Brett Ratner who ...