When two young girls were abducted, investigators had almost nothing to work with—no witnesses, no fingerprints, and a timeline that kept collapsing under fear and confusion. The only survivor was so ...

The Folsom Bulldogs’ AnnaBell Dotson (21) and the McClatchy Lions’ Daisy Throckmorton (24) position for a rebound in the first half in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls basketball championship ...

Stephora Anne-Mircie Joseph, 11, tragically died during a school outing in the province of Santiago in the Dominican Republic where she and 86 other students were taken to a ranch with a pool.

Editor’s note. This story includes disturbing descriptions of rape and violence. The names of all rape survivors have been changed to protect their identities and prevent retaliation from gangs. There ...