A former county sheriff has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the nation's third-largest police force.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service.

A 16-year-old died Monday after cliff jumping at Lake Georgetown over the weekend.

The Biden administration and NATO have told Russia there will be no U.S. or allied concessions on Moscow's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine.

The city of Georgetown is recommending updates to the city’s fire code after a pet boarding facility caught fire, killing all 75 dogs that were inside.

A Moscow court has rejected an imprisoned American’s appeal against his nine-year sentence for assaulting police officers.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia says he will head home for consultations this week to discuss U.S.-Russian relations with colleagues in the Biden administration and to visit his family.