Hi! My name is Dan Hampton and I'm the breaking news manager for Patch's National Desk. Send tips and/or photos to dan.hampton@patch.com.
Previously: program manager for Patch's Test Kitchens, local editor on Long Island; and senior breaking news editor. Before Patch, I worked as a news associate at The Associated Press.
Valentin Broeksmit, 45, disappeared a year ago and was last seen driving at Griffith Park. He was found dead Monday morning in Los Angeles.
A baby is dead and her father was wounded when a carload of people opened fire on them as they rode in a vehicle, police said.
Federal food safety regulators are warning the public that ground beef sold in Washington and Oregon tested positive for E. coli.
Check your tickets! A Powerball ticket worth $473 million was sold in Arizona.
Jacob Kingsley was feeding his baby at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati when he snatched foul ball out of the air with his bare hand.
Health officials are warning residents to practice proper at-home canning after a Washington man likely died of botulism.
Residents in Hollywood Hills evacuated Wednesday morning after a massive tree fell on an apartment building.
Demetrius Davis is accused of posing online as a prepubescent girl named “Lizzy” and grooming more than 80 kids to send child pornography.
A construction worker was hit by a construction vehicle and killed Tuesday at a job site in Wilsonville, authoritiess say.
Officials named the students killed in an early morning crash and the deputy who was critically injured.
Since the outbreak began Saturday, 57 wild horses at a wild horse facility in Colorado have died after contracting a mysterious infection.
A speeding car collided with a tractor-trailer early Tuesday on Interstate 15, leaving two dead, according to reports.
Grand Rapids police named the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the head following a traffic stop and ensuing struggle over a stun gun.
Los Angeles International Airport recorded a temperature of 86 degrees Monday, setting a new record.
Disneyland no longer requires customers to wear face masks on its shuttles, though the state still strongly recommends them.
Jorge Maldonado is accused of attacking a woman in a hotel — even ripping a telephone off a wall — then crashed, according to a report.
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook Monday morning for north-central and northeast Ohio as thunderstorms arrive.
A mother stabbed a pit bull to death after two dogs reportedly attacked several members of a family at a Pico Rivera home Sunday night.
Wynn Bruce of Boulder died over the weekend after setting himself on fire in an apparent climate change protest, police said.
Twitter announced Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to be bought by billionaire Elon Musk in a deal worth about $44 billion.
