Los Angeles has seen a recent spike in flash mob robberies at high-end retailers, part of an ongoing issue that has prompted L.A. officials to announce a new multi-agency task force to crack down on the problem. Tina Patel has more. Source

A Texas woman was arrested last week on allegations that she sent a threatening and racist voicemail to the federal judge in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing the Justice Department’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump. She also allegedly threatened a Texas congresswoman in the message as well. Source

A wildfire that broke out in Canada’s Northwest Territories has forced the evacuation of about 20,000 people from the city of Yellowknife. Source

A judge Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of a father and son, both White, accused of chasing down and shooting at a Black FedEx driver in January 2022. The driver was not injured. Source

The investigation centered on the departments in Antioch and Pittsburg, two cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Source

The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the massive Jan. 6 prosecution. Source

As the grueling search for hundreds of missing people continues in Lahaina, questions continue to arise over the local government response to the Maui wildfires. On Thursday, Herman Andaya, administrator for the Maui Emergency Management Agency, resigned his post just one day after he defended his controversial decision not to activate the island’s warning sirens when the fires broke out. Jonathan Vigliotti has more. Source

When asked Wednesday by reporters if he regretted not activating warning sirens when the wildfires broke out Aug. 8, Herman Andaya responded, “I do not.” Source

Prosecutors said Pascale Ferrier made the ricin at home in Quebec in 2020 and mailed it to Trump with a letter that referred to him as “The Ugly Tyrant Clown.” Source

Jericka Duncan reports on Hurricane Hilary heading toward Southern California, what President Biden hopes to achieve with his summit with South Korea and Japan, and what’s behind a string of robberies at retail stores. Source