Calif. man pleads guilty to arson, embezzlement at pricey wine warehouse

Calif. man pleads guilty in wine warehouse fire

Caltech grad resentenced to federal prison for California SUV firebombings

Caltech grad gets prison for SUV firebombings

Change-of-plea hearing set for San Francisco area man charged in pricey wine warehouse fire

Calif. man set for hearing in wine warehouse fire

South Korea investigates cause of blaze at shooting range that killed 10 people

SKorea investigates cause of shooting range fire

Calif. suspect in fire that killed 5, destroyed hundreds of homes pleads not guilty to murder

Calif. fire suspect pleads not guilty to murder

Prosecutor files charge in killing of Seattle cop, calls it ‘one man war’ against police

Prosecutor: Killing of Seattle cop a ‘one man war’

Suspect in Halloween Seattle police killing faces potential death penalty charge

Suspect in Seattle police killing charged

SEATTLE — A man accused of fatally shooting a Seattle police officer on Halloween was charged Thursday with aggravated first-degree murder, a charge that could carry the death penalty.

Arson finding prompts suspicion in Vermont town where fire destroyed beloved general store

2nd fire at historic Vt. general store ruled arson

Guyana president alleges ‘mastermind’ in US behind arson, shooting attacks

Guyana: US ‘mastermind’ behind arson attacks

NYC probes fire at temporary home of 9/11 victims’ remains; mayor calls it arson

NYC probes fire at chapel for 9/11 victims

Prosecutors take gamble, charge California wildfire suspect with murder in heart attack deaths

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Retired accountant James McDermith’s mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire chewed closer to his home six years ago may have cost him his life. But it wasn’t the flames or smoke that got him.

Arson burns police vehicles parked in city yard in downtown Seattle, official says

SEATTLE — The Seattle Fire Department says several police vehicles were set aflame by an arsonist at a city maintenance and storage yard.

Man charged with 5 murders, arson in destructive 2003 Southern California wildfire

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Almost six years after a wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in Southern California, prosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge a prison inmate with arson and murder in connection with the 2003 blaze.

Man charged with arson, 5 counts of murder in destructive 2003 Southern California wildfire

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A grand jury has indicted a man on five counts of murder for a 2003 wildfire in Southern California that destroyed about 1,000 homes and was linked to a half-dozen heart attack deaths.

Homeless man arrested in Calif. fire probe stemming from deadly blaze near Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — A homeless man was arrested and charged with arson for starting a tiny blaze in August near the spot where a gigantic wildfire erupted several days later, killing two firefighters, homicide detectives said Monday.

Officials: Summer Sierra foothills wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes, vehicles was arson

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California fire officials say a summer blaze that destroyed 63 homes in the Sierra foothills was intentionally set.

Foreclosed homes heighten concerns as Detroit confronts ‘devil’ in Halloween arson battle

DETROIT — For the five years that the wood bungalow next door has been empty, Darlene Banks has kept an eye on it as Halloween approaches. She wasn’t expecting anyone to burn it weeks sooner.

Ex-brother-in-law: Inmate confessed to ex-wife to setting deadly fire before his execution

CORSICANA, Texas — A former brother-in-law of a man executed in 2004 for killing his three children says the death row inmate had confessed to his ex-wife that he set the fire that killed their daughters.

China sentences 3 more to death for murder during deadly riot in Xinjiang in July

BEIJING — China sentenced three more people to death Thursday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bringing to nine the number of people facing execution for the unrest.

Texas governor defends much-criticized actions in case of father executed for killing children

AUSTIN, Texas — A man put to death in 2004 for killing his three children was “a monster,” and suggestions that he may have been innocent are anti-death penalty propaganda, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday.

Detroit-area mom charged with murder in fire deaths of 2 kids not fathered by her boyfriend

DETROIT — A woman intentionally set a fire at her boyfriend’s mobile home in suburban Detroit, killing two of her young children while fleeing with a third, a prosecutor said Tuesday in filing murder charges.

Chinese court sentences 6 to death for murder in riots in Xinjiang in July

BEIJING — A court in China’s far western Xinjiang region has sentenced six men to death for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people. A seventh man was given life imprisonment.

Texas governor further shakes up panel set to investigate arson finding that led to execution

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has further shaken up a state panel that was about to review a report concluding that a faulty arson investigation led to a Texas inmate’s execution.

Perry dismisses 3 members of panel investigating arson finding that led to execution

DALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man’s execution won’t be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting’s cancellation.

Texas governor dismisses 3 members of panel investigating arson finding that led to execution

DALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man’s execution won’t be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting’s cancellation.

Calif. lawmakers lead successful effort in House to create US registry of convicted arsonists

WASHINGTON — The House has passed a bill sought by California lawmakers that would create a national registry of convicted arsonists.

In arson-plagued Pa. town, block devastated by fires shows signs of both renewal, struggle

COATESVILLE, Pa. — The day after her row house and 14 others were severely damaged by arson, Geneva Thomas was angry and homeless, but she knew even then that she would rebuild and return to the two-story brick home she bought right out of high school.

Texas commission to consider report disputing the arson finding that led to man’s execution

CORSICANA, Texas — More than five years after his final act from the Texas death chamber gurney was a profanity-filled tirade, the murder case of executed inmate Cameron Todd Willingham refuses to die.

17,500-acre fire in Ventura County, Calif., is 85 percent contained

MOORPARK, Calif. — A 27-square-mile Southern California wildfire was 85 percent contained Friday as the withering Santa Ana winds that had fanned it faded away.

Juvenile charges filed against Southern California teen suspected in arsons; details withheld

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Authorities say charges have been filed against a 16-year-old boy suspected in more than a dozen Southern California arson wildfires, but details were not being made public.

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