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ALos Angeles socialite accused of fatally ploughing into two young boys in a crosswalk while “racing” her sports star lover has been convicted of murder. Rebecca Grossman, 60, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Mark Iskander, 11, and his brother Jacob Iskander, eight, on Friday – following a six-week trial.

Former rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was fleeing for his life when he allegedly ran over two people – killing one of them – in Compton on Thursday afternoon, his attorney James Blatt says. A group of people attacked Knight and threatened to kill him and were “attempting to drag him outside of the vehicle when he made an effort to escape ... in fear for his life,” Blatt told the Los Angeles Times on Friday morning. But police have a different view. After interviewing the onetime hip-hop mogul, Los Angeles County detectives arrested him for murder.

The federal government’s abdication of border control has yet again become plain. Yet again, another drunken illegal immigrant is on trial for killing an American citizen. And yet again, we learn that he had been deported repeatedly. This case of vehicular homicide involves one Eulalio Haro, a 36-year-old illegal resident of Woodstock, Ill. Haro, authorities allege, was stinking drunk when he killed 71-year-old motorcyclist Dean Knospe. Authorities believe Haro’s blood alcohol registered at least 0.27 at the time of his arrest. Unhappily, nothing is unusual about this case. As newspapers across the country have reported, Hispanics being arrested for DUI...

A driver who was allegedly drunk when he struck and killed a California Highway Patrol officer last weekend pleaded innocent to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, authorities said. Domingo Esqueda, 20, could face up to 16 years in prison if convicted of killing motorcycle officer John Bailey, 36, who was married and had four children. Esqueda was arraigned Tuesday in San Bernardino County Superior Court in Victorville. Authorities say Bailey was driving home to Adelanto Saturday night when he pulled over another motorist for investigation of drunk driving on Interstate 15 near Hesperia. Bailey was talking with the motorist on the...