Suspect Benny Caldera Jr held on bond as officials say they received ‘credible’ information about Austin threat

A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas state capitol, authorities said.

The Texas department of public safety said in a statement that it received “credible information about an individual planning a violent attack” for Thursday in Austin.

Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang, both 77, charged days before Jonathan McKinsey and wife were set for hearing in divorce case

A couple in their 70s was charged with murder on Wednesday after allegedly gunning down their son-in-law at a bustling California park.

Authorities allege Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, took turns firing at Jonathan McKinsey, who was in the middle of an acrimonious divorce from their daughter, Candice Jang.

Court says Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and seizure of ballots ‘creates substantial risk to election integrity’

California Republican sheriff Chad Bianco must return more than 650,000 ballots his department confiscated earlier this year in an unprecedented move that violated election law, a state supreme court ruled on Thursday.

“Allowing law enforcement unfettered access to ballots, or the ability to handle and count them in secret, based on unregulated protocols, itself creates a substantial risk to election integrity,” the chief justice, Patricia Guerrero, wrote in a Thursday opinion.