Crime

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes... Read More

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia college student was charged this week in federal court with plotting a mass casualty attack against the Israeli consulate. Egyptian national Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan is accused of planning to use a bomb and... Read More

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and a teenager and prompting a swarm of police officers to descend on the school in response to a... Read More

WASHINGTON — A 66-year-old Georgia woman was killed Monday in an officer-involved car accident as law enforcement responded to a bomb threat at the home of Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Greene posted a thank you note on X to... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park. UnitedHealthcare... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, according to a person briefed on the investigation. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday released a previously sealed criminal complaint related to an alleged Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump during the final weeks of the 2024 campaign. The court document states that Farhad Shakeri, who... Read More

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder in the killing, police said. The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn... Read More

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Georgia police interviewed a 13-year-old boy more than a year ago while looking into online posts threatening a school shooting, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his... Read More

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Missouri woman was arrested Friday morning on federal charges stemming from an alleged scheme to defraud the family of Elvis Presley and steal his Graceland estate. The announcement of Lisa Jeanine Findley’s arrest coincides with the... Read More

NEW YORK — Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey was convicted Tuesday on charges that he took bribes from businessmen and foreign governments. Some of his fellow senators called for him to resign. The trial in federal court in... Read More

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and... Read More

Calls for justice in the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground during a struggle with security guards at a Milwaukee hotel are growing as thousands of GOP supporters and protesters are expected to gather in the city... Read More

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing on 34 felony counts will not occur until late September, if at all, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Monday on presidential immunity. In a brief... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council approved legislation Tuesday that gives police broader powers to try to reduce crime that has risen to a level some members of Congress believe warrants federal intervention. The law increases penalties for illegal... Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration Wednesday, leaving one woman dead and more than 20 people injured, including children. Shots rang out at the end of the celebration outside the city’s historic Union Station.... Read More

WASHINGTON — A nationwide outcry against crime that hurts small businesses reached Congress Thursday, where lawmakers and congressional witnesses called for a law enforcement crackdown. Thefts cost retail stores $112 billion in 2022, according to the National Retail Federation. Preliminary... Read More

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida ousted Chairman Christian Ziegler in a special vote on Monday as police investigate a rape accusation against him, a vote that came the week before Gov. Ron DeSantis competes in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of previously sealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were made public late Wednesday, as a court releases more records from a years-old lawsuit connected to the late financier. They’re likely to disappoint sleuths online, where... Read More

Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was the target of a swatting attempt at her Georgia residence on Christmas morning, the congresswoman and local police said, marking the latest instance of someone calling in a fake emergency to draw armed officers or... Read More

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles grand jury indicted Hunter Biden on tax charges Thursday. The nine-count indictment alleges Biden failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes over four years. The Los Angeles indictment follows similar tax evasion charges this... Read More

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., a suspect inside his home fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the neighborhood, drawing a large police response, officials... Read More

CINCINNATI — A federal grand jury has charged the former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio with taking $4.3 million in bribes from one of the nation's largest investor-owned utility companies. Sam Randazzo surrendered at the federal court... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeff Pena contacted his father as soon as he heard that police were passing out auto tracking devices to try to stem a sharp increase in carjackings, auto thefts and other crimes in the nation's capital. “It's... Read More

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council held a roundtable discussion Monday seeking ideas on how to reduce crime two days after a 13-year-old was shot and killed by a security guard as he tried to steal a car.  Washington,... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with... Read More

WASHINGTON — A congressional panel cast doubt on the District of Columbia’s ability to control its own problems Thursday as violent crime surges in the nation’s capital while it drops in most other U.S. cities. The victims have included members... Read More

NEW YORK — The former treasurer for the election campaign of U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to defraud after admitting she helped to report fake loans the New York Republican claimed he made to his... Read More