(Headline USA) Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called "gladiator fights" between youth in their care, the state's attorney general said Monday.
A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County allowed and...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department disclosed in a Monday court filing that Ryan Routh is no longer considering an “insanity defense” against the allegations that he attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last September on his Florida golf course.
The DOJ first disclosed Routh’s potential insanity defense last December, and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The federal government, now led by President Donald Trump, may finally compensate the grieving family of Ashli Babbitt—a veteran and MAGA activist who was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Judicial Watch, a conservative non-profit, sued the federal government for $30 million in...
(Headline USA) An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing seven people and injuring dozens more when he opened fire on a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, a stunning development moments before opening statements in his trial on murder and attempted murder charges.
Appearing in a Lake...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former DC Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Agriculture was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Friday for perpetrating an $880,000 fraud on the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program.
The defendant, Wendy Nicole Villatoro, 40, formerly of Washington, D.C., pleaded for leniency leading up to Friday’s sentencing—asking a judge for...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Newly unsealed court records reveal that a confidential informant made $665,638.63 over roughly the last eight years working for the FBI—with one of his recent assignments being to pose as an Iraqi terrorist.
“ has been working with the FBI since approximately 2014. CHS1 has no...
(Headline USA) Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.
Ivey said Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two North Dakota nonprofits have settled their lawsuit against the white nationalist group Patriot Front, which allegedly vandalized local businesses and public property in recent years.
Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. The settlement, which was docketed in federal court on Feb. 7, appears to cover...
Note to readers: The following special report about the July 4, 2022 Highland Park mass shooting was reprinted with the permission of online researcher Becca Spinks, who has contributed to Headline USA investigations in the past (see here). Before you begin, make sure to read Part 1 and Part 2!
(Becca...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Judge Aileen Cannon has scheduled a secret hearing to take place with the Justice Department to determine what classified evidence will be held from discovery in the case of Ryan Routh, the man who allegedly tried killing Donald Trump on his Florida golf course last...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Jury selection started Monday for the man accused of slaughtering seven people at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade nearly three years ago. But a day before trial proceedings began, a trustworthy researcher released compelling evidence suggesting there were multiple shooters at that July 4,...
Note to readers: The following special report about the July 4, 2022 Highland Park mass shooting was reprinted with the permission of online researcher Becca Spinks, who has contributed to Headline USA investigations in the past (see here). Before you begin, make sure to read Part 1!
(Becca Spinks—BX WRITES) Sometime...