Ex-All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton charged with child injury
Former All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton has been charged with injury to a child after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife…
Authorities break up mixed-gender party, arrest 15 in Iran
Iran’s semi-official news agency says Iranian authorities have arrested 15 men and women at a mixed-gender party at the Iranian…
Police: Man killed after shootout with officers in Georgia
Authorities in Georgia are investigating the death of a man shot by police. The Athens-Clarke County Police Department says the…
Maryland police sentenced for assault of handcuffed suspect
A white Maryland police officer has been sentenced to spend six months in jail after he was convicted of assault…
Indiana police shoot man after high-speed chase ends in fire
Northern Indiana police say officers shot a man following a high-speed pursuit that ended when his vehicle and a police…
4 more parents to plead guilty in college admissions scandal
Four more parents are pleading guilty in the college admissions bribery scandal, and a Texas man accused of helping to…
Man sprays bear repellent during California Trump protest
Authorities in Southern California say a supporter of Donald Trump was arrested after spraying bear repellent on a small crowd…
Fort Worth police shooting shatters community trust
Yashunn Hale isn’t sure he would call the police to report a crime. Not since an officer killed Hale’s neighbor…
80 injured in third night of Catalonia protests; 33 arrested
Catalonia’s separatist leader vowed Thursday to hold a new vote to secede from Spain in less than two years as…
SEC freezes assets of 18 traders over alleged manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities said on Wednesday it has obtained an asset freeze against 18 traders, who are primarily…
Mexican Senate set to pass bill to legalize marijuana in next few days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next few days,…
Prosecutors seek life for New Mexico man who killed family
A New Mexico man convicted of killing his parents and three younger siblings when he was 15 apologized to the…
Officials: Man who shot transgender woman in US illegally
Authorities say a Mexican national who committed a hate crime last month when he repeatedly shot a transgender woman in…
Teenager stabbed aboard train near US Capitol dies
A teenage boy who was stabbed aboard a Metro train near the U.S. Capitol has died. Police say 15-year-old Jaquar…
Texas wife calls lawyer before spouse reports suspect death
The wife of a Dallas man charged in the fatal shooting of someone they thought was a burglar contacted a…
NYPD officer arrested on sex charges involving young girl
A New York City police detective who monitors sex offenders has been arrested on sex abuse charges involving a 12-year-old…
Mar-a-Lago Army officer lied during child porn investigation
A military officer who had been in charge of the U.S. Army’s White House communications at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago…
LAPD investigates after ad put up on right-wing website
The Los Angeles Police Department has launched an investigation after a recruitment ad went up on the right-wing website Breitbart,…
U.S. agents raid genetic testing labs, charge 35 in Medicare fraud probe
WASHINGTON/LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Reuters) – U.S. federal agents raided genetic testing laboratories, and 35 people were criminally charged in four states…
Man pleads guilty in kidnap, torture plot of plastic surgeon
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a plastic surgeon who was tortured with a blowtorch in an extortion…
Woman linked to chef’s overdose death denies another
A woman pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she supplied the fentanyl-laced drug that caused the fatal overdose of a…
No bond for Pirates pitcher in child sex case
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vázquez has been ordered held without bond following his arrest on multiple felony charges including sexual…
Seth Meyers Zings Donald Trump’s ‘Obvious Crime’ In Ukraine Chat
Seth Meyers said Monday he knows a “pretty obvious crime” when he sees one. The “Late Night” host reacted strongly…
German authorities raid Deutsche Bank over Danske scandal
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German authorities have raided Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) Frankfurt headquarters and are searching for information related to Danske…
Jurors convict Iowa farmer in corn rake killing of wife
A jury Monday convicted an eastern Iowa hog farmer of using a corn rake to kill his wife, agreeing with…
Video games more often blamed when school shooters are white
(Reuters Health) – In the wake of school shootings, people are more likely to blame violent video games for the…
Parole board weighs release of woman in texting suicide case
Massachusetts officials are weighing whether to grant early jail release for Michelle Carter, the woman currently imprisoned for urging her…
U.S. cases of vaping-related illness rise to 530 as outbreak widens
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials said on Thursday there are now 530 confirmed and probable cases and seven deaths…
Woman accused of threatening to shoot up old school
Authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Oklahoma woman accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting at her old high…
Spying claims spur calls for Washington lawmaker ouster
Washington state’s liberal reputation is well-known, but voters in a conservative legislative district have re-elected Republican lawyer Matt Shea to…
Detectives: Transgender woman slain, body burned in car
Florida sheriff’s deputies are investigating the slaying of a transgender woman whose body was found in her burning car. Media…
Police release video of light rail station shooting suspect
Seattle police have released video showing a suspect fleeing after a shooting at a downtown light rail station. The video…
Over 70 arrested in immigration protest at Microsoft store
Dozens of immigration policy protesters have been arrested at a demonstration outside a Microsoft store in New York City. Police…
Despite panic, no evidence of shooting at movie theater
Authorities in northern Virginia say they have found no evidence that a shooting occurred at a movie theater that’s part…
Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for ‘Varsity Blues’ college scam
“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for federal crimes stemming from the massive…
3 teens charged with Michigan woman’s murder
Three teens have been charged with murder and armed robbery in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old woman in suburban…
3 killed in shooting in Dutch city; 1 seriously wounded
A Dutch police officer and two children died and a woman was seriously wounded in a shooting Monday at a…
NBA star Kawhi Leonard’s sister charged in deadly robbery
A relative of NBA star Kawhi Leonard has confirmed his sister is one of two women accused of robbing and…
Telemarketer charged in $1.2 billion Medicare fraud scheme pleads guilty in NJ
(Reuters) – The owner of a telemarketing company implicated in the largest component of a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud involving…
With parents in prison, kids at risk for lasting psychiatric problems
(Reuters Health) – Children who have a parent in prison may be more than twice as likely as other kids…
China says has only ‘limited’ cooperation with U.S. on fentanyl
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States have only “limited” cooperation in stopping fentanyl smuggling, a Chinese narcotics official…
U.S. judge orders big drug companies to face opioid trial
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major drugmakers, pharmacies and distributors to dismiss claims that they…
Man gets 30 months in prison for role in $20M Ponzi scheme
A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme…
French cops detain man after knife attack kills 1, injures 9
Police detained an Afghan man seeking asylum in France after one person was fatally stabbed and nine others injured Saturday…
Trump eyes mental institutions as answer to gun violence
When shots rang out last year at a high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving 17 people dead, President Donald Trump…
Hong Kong democracy activists get bail, protest march banned
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail after being charged with…
Wave of child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual…
Virginia man gets 5 years in prison for dog burned alive
A Virginia man will serve five years in prison without parole for the death of a pit bull that was…
Autopsy: Wichita toddler overdosed on methadone
An autopsy has found that a Wichita toddler who died at a motel overdosed on the addiction treatment medication methadone.…
DNA leads to arrest in 1988 East Texas death, body in river
Investigators say DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a convicted sex offender suspected in the 1988 death of…
Police: Man shoots worshipper during church service robbery
Authorities say a man walked into a South Carolina church demanding money during an early Sunday service and shot one…
Pastor whose child was shot at Texas church runs for office
A Texas pastor whose teenage daughter was among more than two dozen people killed in a mass shooting at his…
New online tool to track Chicago gun suspects draws fire
After a recent bloody weekend in Chicago, the city’s top police officer reiterated something he’s said many times in recent…
Texas trooper dies months after being shot at crash scene
A state trooper has died more than four months after he was shot while investigating a vehicle collision in South…
Migrants traveling through Mexico to the U.S. face high violence risk
(Reuters Health) – Nearly one third of migrants traveling through Mexico to the U.S. experience physical, psychological and/or sexual violence…
Salvadoran woman acquitted in abortion case calls for reform
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Evelyn Hernandez has a message for El Salvador’s president: End the criminalization of abortion in the…