Cambodia prepares for historic verdict from genocide tribunal

Carrying burning incense sticks and pink lotuses and wearing scarves of mourning, dozens of people marked the deaths of 14,000 victims of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime at the S-21 torture prison in the Cambodian capital Sunday, one day before a genocide tribunal renders the verdict in its first case against the man who ran S-21.

People Profile--DPS Sgt. Simpson marks 30 years in law enforcement

Sgt. Paul Simpson stands at a historic marker outside the Department of Public Safety office, a memorial in tribute to the first Texas highway patrol trooper killed in the line of duty a tragedy which took place here in Washington County nearly 75 years ago.

Crime soars at Calif.'s state parks

Holiday visitors seeking a quiet day off beside the water at Folsom State Recreation Area on July 5 instead had front-row seats to a police pursuit as park rangers chased an assault suspect through throngs of picnickers.

Cambodia's Duch sentenced to 35 years

A man who ran a notorious torture prison where more than 14,000 people died during the Khmer Rouge regime was found guilty of war crimes Monday and sentenced to 35 years in prison -- with five years taken off that sentence for time served.

Crime on the rise at state parks

Crime is on the rise in California's state parks, up nearly threefold in the last decade, according to Department of Parks and Recreation data analyzed by McClatchy Newspapers.Last year, 62,575 crimes were reported in the parks -- or about 170 a day, compared with 65 a day in 1999 -- even as crime in the rest of the state declined. Taking park use into account, crime last year reached record per ...