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Two U.S. Forest Service employees were held at gunpoint for more than 12 hours in a trailer in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest before being released unharmed early Friday, local and federal officials said. A 49-year-old man and his son…
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READLaos authorities have charged the owner of a distillery whose methanol-laced alcohol killed six international tourists in November 2024, a step that victims' families and the Australian government said Friday is too lenient given the…
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READPaul Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was charged Friday with a misdemeanor hit-and-run over a collision with a parked car in Napa County, prosecutors said. The charge stems from a July 3 incident in…
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READThe Coca-Cola Company disclosed Thursday that a ransomware attack on its Fairlife dairy subsidiary has halted U.S. production of the brand's milk products.
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READA man breached security at NBC's "Today" show studios in New York City on Thursday morning, lunged at co-host Craig Melvin and shouted a racial slur before being taken into custody, the New York Police Department said.
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READKelli Bryant, 35, admitted through a no-contest plea to child abuse on Thursday, with prosecutors recommending a six-year prison term, according to the Oakland County prosecutor's office. Bryant's three children were found living alone in…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READThe Riverside County Sheriff's Department announced this week that investigators, using genetic genealogy and dental records, had identified the remains of Thelma Gaston, an 80-year-old Los Angeles millionaire who vanished in June 1981.…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READFlorida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for a former police officer whose earlier execution date had been stayed. James Aren…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla that crashed into a Texas home last month, killing a 76-year-old woman, had pressed the accelerator to full speed, overriding the vehicle's Full…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READThe Wall Street Journal reported July 16 that French police skirted European data privacy laws to advance a cold case investigation the newspaper described as one of the country's most perplexing unsolved crimes.
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READMore than 49,000 Americans reported losing a collective $1.3 billion to romance scams last year, a record high that represents at least a 14% increase from the prior year, according to Federal Trade Commission data shared with the…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READImprisoned R&B singer R. Kelly has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his 31-year federal prison sentence for racketeering, sex trafficking, and child abuse images, according to court records made public this week by the…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READWhite House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez is accused of making nearly $100,000 by betting on President Donald Trump's speeches on the prediction market Kalshi, according to two people with knowledge of the federal investigation. The…
2026-07-16 · 4 MIN READJohn Merrone, a 53-year-old former cargo ship captain, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court to drugging and sexually assaulting a 21-year-old U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet during a 2019 training voyage. Merrone admitted…
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A new report from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union says that 90% of detainees interviewed at Camp East Montana, the largest ICE detention facility in Texas, reported being beaten by guards or witnessing others…
2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READA judge revoked the $2 million bond for Andrea Shaw, the Idaho mother charged with murdering her 18-month-old twin children, ordering her held without bail after prosecutors argued she posed a threat to her newborn baby. Shaw, 23, appeared…
2026-07-15 · 4 MIN READA 48-year-old Utah man was arrested Monday after he allegedly stabbed a Muslim kiosk worker multiple times inside a West Valley City mall, telling police he targeted the victim because of his religion, according to a police booking…
2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READDeputy U.S. Marshal Drew Hanson was fatally shot Monday in Alexandria, Louisiana, while serving an arrest warrant for Clarence Frazier Jr., who had failed to appear for his sexual battery trial, the U.S. Justice Department said.
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READReform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick on Tuesday accused the government of a "dereliction of duty" over Nigel Farage's security, saying the party leader had not been offered the protection he needed until after the alleged murder of…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READA former managing director at BGC Partners says he discovered emails in the released Jeffrey Epstein files showing US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discussed business prospects with Epstein in 2018, which appears inconsistent with…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READA Tennessee grand jury has issued 50 indictments across 19 criminal cases stemming from violent acts at a state prison, including five inmate murders, assaults on staff, and charges against former employees, District Attorney Danny H.…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READA 28-year-old man fleeing an encounter with federal immigration agents at a St. Augustine, Florida, gas station was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Tuesday morning, marking the third immigration enforcement-related fatality in one…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's acting director has promised to equip all field officers with body cameras by the end of July, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) said Monday, according to a Guardian column. The commitment came after…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READA deputy U.S. marshal was shot and killed Monday while serving an arrest warrant on a fugitive in Alexandria, Louisiana, the U.S. Marshals Service said. The suspect was taken into custody after a standoff.
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READRobert Tulloch, who was 17 when he and a friend stabbed two married Dartmouth College professors to death in 2001, began a resentencing hearing Monday in New Hampshire seeking to reduce his mandatory life without parole sentence to a…
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READTwo teenagers were arrested Sunday in connection with a targeted mass shooting that killed five members of the same family and wounded two others in East St. Louis, Illinois, according to state police.
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READA Quebec Court judge in Montreal on Monday found former fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement after he offered no contest against evidence presented by prosecutors on the first day of his trial,…
2026-07-13 · 4 MIN READA person was killed Monday in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Biddeford, Maine, according to state House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, who said state police and the Department of Public Safety "would expect…
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READThe family of Jonah Neal, a 25-year-old Memphis man who was having a mental health crisis, is demanding answers and body-camera footage after a federal agent with the Memphis Safe Task Force shot and killed him inside his home on May 20.…
2026-07-13 · 5 MIN READColt Gray, the Georgia teenager accused of fatally shooting two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in 2024, is expected to change his plea from not guilty at a hearing scheduled for July 24 in Barrow County Superior Court,…
2026-07-11 · 4 MIN READMaine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday after a woman who dated him alleged he forced her to have sex while she told him to stop, an allegation he denies. The suspension ends a rapid political rise…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READAn 18-year-old was stomped to death at the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond, the coroner said, and a social media video showing an unidentified person repeatedly kicking his limp, bloodied body has been confirmed as authentic by…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READAbdul Zahir Qadeer, 52, a former general in Afghanistan's Border Force and former first deputy speaker of the country's House of the People, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Friday after being extradited from Kenya to face charges of…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READA Utah judge is set to decide whether the case against Tyler James Robinson, the man charged with murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will advance to trial, following a five-day preliminary hearing that concluded Friday in Provo.
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READWeidong "Bill" Guan, the former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial Thursday to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READThe former roommate of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, testified in a Utah court on Thursday that Robinson told him he wished he hadn't done it the day after the fatal shooting.
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READMexico's Attorney General's Office on Thursday formally accused former U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar of violating his diplomatic duties by allegedly misleading Mexican authorities about the 2024 capture of alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READErika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has asked a Utah judge to require that every exhibit introduced during the preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing him be displayed openly in the courtroom,…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READDavid Hearn entered a not-guilty plea Thursday in federal court for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's newly applied sealant. His attorney, Norm Eisen, said that if a felony charge can stem from touching the water,…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. murder rate in 2025 was the lowest in modern American history, falling nearly 20% from 2024 and likely reaching its lowest point since reliable national data collection began in 1960, according to a University of Montana…
2026-07-09 · 4 MIN READA California man who stole rare Chinese manuscripts from the University of California, Los Angeles library and returned forged copies in their place was sentenced Wednesday to time served and one year of home confinement, federal…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READThe Nicaragua-flagged oil tanker MT Al Jafzia ran aground off Mumbai on July 8 after breaking its anchor chain in rough weather, Indian authorities said, as investigators probe the vessel's suspected role in a "shadow fleet" transporting…
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READFederal agents shot and killed a man at a Memphis motel Wednesday morning during a Drug Enforcement Administration operation with the Memphis Safe Task Force, marking the fourth officer-involved death since the anticrime initiative began…
2026-07-08 · 5 MIN READItems discarded behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia in 1985 led Ohio prosecutors to charge a 62-year-old man with murder in the death of a traveling salesman, authorities said Monday.
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READAttorneys for Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet, filed a motion Tuesday seeking a new trial and the recusal of the presiding judge.
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant in Houston on Tuesday during an attempted traffic stop arrest, the Department of Homeland Security said, the latest deadly encounter during the Trump…
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READFederal prosecutors in Los Angeles on Tuesday announced the arrest of 24 suspects across the United States, Canada and Europe on charges linked to three India-based organized crime groups. The investigation, which resulted in 37 defendants…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READExplosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron met Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, wounding at least four people, according to Syrian state media. Macron, who according to Syrian media was staying at the Four…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READAndrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018, was arrested in Daphne, Alabama, late Thursday on drug-related charges after police said they observed him driving erratically and later found methamphetamine and…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READThe Southern Poverty Law Center pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that some donations would be used to pay informants inside extremist organizations. Attorney Abbe Lowell entered the…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READA San Mateo County judge dismissed all charges Monday against Dharmesh Patel, the radiologist accused of driving his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway in 2023, after he completed a two-year mental health diversion…
2026-07-07 · 5 MIN READMore than 400 people were arrested Saturday night in Newport Beach, California, after an alleged 'TikTok takeover' drew thousands of young people to the pier area, authorities said. The crowd blocked roadways, set fires, and threw…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READProsecutors on Tuesday released new surveillance footage that they say shows Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The video was shown during Robinson's preliminary hearing in Utah County District…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READChokwe Antar Lumumba, the former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges that prosecutors say involved $50,000 in payments disguised as campaign contributions. The plea came in federal court in…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READAndrea Shaw, 23, has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the May 2025 deaths of her 18-month-old twin children, Tyson and Dallas. The children were found dead in a shared bed in Payette, Idaho, on May 1, 2025. Shaw had…
2026-07-06 · 3 MIN READSanta Monica, Calif., declared fiscal distress in September as the city confronted roughly $230 million in sex-abuse settlements, a decline in international tourism, and a downtown retail vacancy rate of about 20%. After laying off a fifth…
2026-07-06 · 4 MIN READA man fleeing Memphis police early Sunday died after National Guard soldiers opened fire when he turned toward them with a weapon, authorities said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Tyrin Johnson, 20, and said no…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READA shooter opened fire on West 31st Street in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood at about 10:37 pm on July 4, wounding at least eight people including four children, the NYPD told ABC News. A 21-year-old woman was in critical condition…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READNigel Farage's spokesman has denied fresh allegations that the Reform UK leader may have broken parliamentary rules, after reports he failed to declare financial benefits from an ally convicted of fraud in the United States.
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READTwo people were killed and a third injured in a shooting at Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday, after a fight between two groups of young people who knew each other escalated into gunfire, police said. A person fleeing…
2026-07-03 · 3 MIN READThe Justice Department on Thursday announced it has charged multiple members of the Tren de Aragua and United Cartels organizations with crimes including drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping and firearms offenses, according to separate…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READA congressional investigation released Thursday alleges that President Donald Trump orchestrated a takeover of the United States' 250th anniversary celebrations to enrich political allies, harvest voter data, and promote Christian…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READDerrick Callella, a California man, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of sending a false ransom note to the family of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie. He faces up to two years in prison or a…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READTwo Russian nationals known as "rooftoppers" were arrested Wednesday after scaling the Empire State Building, unfurling a peace banner, and apparently getting engaged at the spire. They were arraigned Thursday on charges including felony…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READPeter Stokes, 19, a dual US-Estonian national, was extradited to the United States from Finland after his arrest in April and ordered held in federal custody in Chicago on charges of computer intrusion, conspiracy and fraud tied to his…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READSeven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their roles in a July 4, 2025, shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, that wounded a police officer, with penalties ranging from nearly two years to 50…
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READFederal authorities have arrested and charged Catherine Beth Washburn, a 37-year-old Irondequoit, New York, woman, with attempting to provide material support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist…
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READSixteen children from the same family were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio after being confined to a single room in deplorable conditions for much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday. The children, ranging in…
2026-07-01 · 4 MIN READAlibaba Group and its U.S.-based payment processor AUS Merchant Services agreed to pay $600 million to resolve Justice Department allegations that they allowed merchants to sell and import illegal pharmaceuticals and other restricted items…
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READA fleet of nearly 400 Chinese fishing vessels is operating off Peru's southern coast and moving north toward the Galápagos Islands, raising concerns among researchers and conservation groups about overfishing, pollution and possible…
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READInmates overpowered three correctional officers and seized control of the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor, North Carolina, on Monday, taking two guards hostage before FBI tactical teams ended the nine-hour standoff,…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READFour Venezuelan nationals have been charged with stealing more than $529,000 from ATMs along Interstate 95 in Connecticut using a technique known as "jackpotting," federal prosecutors said Monday. The men targeted at least nine cash…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READA 75-year-old New Orleans man who legally changed his name to Santa Claus was arrested Friday and accused of trying to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old boy for sex, according to Kenner Police.
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach New Mexico streets between 2023 and 2025 as agents monitored shipments without seizing them in hopes of building larger trafficking cases,…
2026-06-30 · 5 MIN READA Washington state attorney promised "miracles" to tens of thousands of immigrants seeking legal status in the United States, but instead created fake stories of domestic abuse and human trafficking to apply for humanitarian visas without…
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READA federal judge in Manhattan on Monday sentenced U.S.-based China critic and tycoon Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison for racketeering and fraud, and ordered him to forfeit $889 million.
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READMississippi authorities are searching for a suspect or suspects after two women and a 2-year-old child were found shot to death Saturday night in Jackson, in what officials described as a "horrifying" crime scene.
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READHollywood director Carl Erik Rinsch was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in federal prison for defrauding Netflix of $11 million, money he spent on cryptocurrency, luxury cars and high-end bedding instead of finishing a sci-fi…
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READA Georgia man died of a heart attack while attempting to dispose of the body of his girlfriend after fatally strangling her, authorities said. The bodies of Daniel Robbins, 44, and Jessica Folds, 47, were found together in a wooded area…
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