In a rare move, the state Supreme Court unanimously overturned the convictions and death sentence Monday of a man who was found guilty of murdering his mother and the police chief who tried to protect her. The court said the trial judge wrongly seated a juror who was friends with the police chief and had planned to attend his funeral.

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s admissions data collection for public universities in 17 states, delivering a major blow to his crackdown on the use of race in college admissions.

The Riverside County sheriff said he is trying to find facts by examining the ballots. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2026.

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