CRIME

(Headline USA) Three people arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had gotten a floor plan of the school and chosen a date to carry it out early next school year, according to arrest warrants. Shane Keith Taylor, 17, and Michael Brandon...

(Headline USA) A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, the latest punishment in a sprawling scheme to collect millions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic by claiming to have fed needy children. The depth...

(Headline USA) Three people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a high school in metro Atlanta, authorities said Tuesday. The announcement comes less than two weeks after a 16-year-old boy killed three children and a teacher in a shooting...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson may have breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday after a Washington, DC, grand jury reportedly declined to return an indictment in connection with alleged false statements she made to Congress. The DOJ had sought to secure an indictment against Hutchinson,...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Federal authorities have charged six individuals in Maine with allegedly defrauding the federal government by submitting false claims for home care services they didn't provide.  The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine announced Tuesday that a federal grand jury indicted six individuals and...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In December 2024, the Justice Department announced the arrest of a teenage Egyptian national named Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, who allegedly sent bomb-making instructions to an FBI informant, and who allegedly told the informant to attack the Consulate General of Israel in New York City. However, in...

(Headline USA) A prominent Georgia Republican who ran a Ponzi scheme that federal prosecutors said caused losses of more than $76 million to more than 300 victims has been sentenced to spend 15 years in federal prison. Edwin Brant Frost IV, 69, had pleaded guilty in May to a charge...

(Headline USA) DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to...

(Headline USA) A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly...

(Headline USA) An escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of murdering a co-worker stole a truck from a nearby farm and apparently made it to southern Illinois before abandoning it, authorities said Tuesday. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was found to be...

(Headline USA) Federal law enforcement agents searched a Beverly Hills home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. Agents searched the home of wealthy developer and...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for allegedly leaking classified information, an effort the former FBI director's lawyers immediately dismissed as invalid and outside the legal time limit for when the Justice Department can file a criminal indictment. The allegations from the Justice Department were revealed...