'Speed running' Scientology: TikTok trend causes havoc, church alleges 'hate crimes'

04/28/26 9:28 PM

Several groups of teens have stormed into Scientology buildings in Hollywood in recent weeks as part of a viral trend. While some see a form of activism, church officials have reported the incidents to the LAPD as hate crimes.

2 employees dead in Kentucky bank robbery, search for suspect continues: State police

05/01/26 1:14 AM

A masked man shot and killed two employees during a bank robbery in central Kentucky on Thursday afternoon and the search for the suspect continues, authorities said.

6 facing fraud charges for alleged $1.3M scheme

04/30/26 8:24 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Six people from Buffalo are facing fraud and identity theft charges for an alleged financial fraud scheme involving stolen United States Treasury checks that totaled more than $1.3 million, the United States Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Officials allege that from August 2023 to May 2024, the defendants deposited stolen U.S. Treasury [...]

8 churches will not have to contribute to Diocese bankruptcy settlement

04/30/26 7:15 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Eight Western New York churches will not have to contribute to the tens of millions of dollars that parishes are being asked to contribute to the Diocese's $150 million bankruptcy settlement, the Vatican ruled. The eight parishes: Ascension in Batavia, St. Timothy and Blessed Sacrament in Tonawanda, Infant of Prague and [...]

After 'MAGA influencer' trolls gay couple with baby, support grows for dad who threw punches

05/01/26 10:00 AM

Anthony and David Vulin were walking through West Hollywood with their baby when a conservative social media influencer claimed that gay men are "likely to commit child molestation." Punches were thrown and David was arrested. Now, L.A. County authorities are deciding how to proceed.

Amid backlash over World Cup parking and transportation, LA Metro offers a solution

04/30/26 11:00 AM

LA Metro plans to spend $9.3 million in federal funding to make attending the World Cup easy while also easing traffic around SoFi Stadium.

Arellano: The future of Latino politics just played out in Whittier

05/01/26 10:00 AM

Whittier elected a Latino-majority council for the first time in the city's history. But for the three winning Latino candidates, their ethnicity was an afterthought.

At L.A. County General, salvaging the bicycles that patients left behind

05/01/26 10:00 AM

At the shuttered LA County General Hospital, a bike mechanic toils in the basement to salvage some of the hundreds of bicycles left behind by patients.

Behind the Trump administration's detentions of L.A. Iranians

05/01/26 10:00 AM

In L.A., home to the largest Iranian diaspora, a vocal segment has joined forces with Trump-aligned far-right activists to wage campaigns against other Iranians.

Bill allowing 12- and 13-year-olds to hunt deer passes in county legislature

04/30/26 6:38 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bill allowing 12-and 13-year-olds to obtain licenses to hunt deer in Erie County passes within the Erie County Legislature on Thursday. The vote passed 7-3, with legislators Lawrence Dupre (D-Buffalo), Taisha St. Jean Tard (D-Buffalo) and Jeanne Vinal (D-Amherst) voting against the bill. Erie County is the only upstate New [...]