CRIME

(Headline USA) Two decades after U.S. authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed away at a military detention center in Cuba, the purported mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks sometimes seems barely any closer to being put on trial than the day he arrived. A judge recently set a 2028 date for Mohammed...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury indicted a man whom authorities allege was behind a voting fraud scheme in the infamous Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The indictment, announced Thursday by the DOJ, alleges that James Brass, 47, paid homeless individuals in Skid Row to sign ballot...

(Headline USA) Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity. Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of...

(Headline USA) The highest court in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The case dates back to 2018 when Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of colluding with the immigrant’s...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Three brothers found guilty of running a sex trafficking operation spanning several decades in New York have brought on veteran attorney Alan M. Dershowitz as they weigh a possible request for clemency from President Donald Trump, according to reporting from the New York Times. Tal, Oren...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Thursday marks one year since the assassination of Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk, who will be honored during a Turning Point USA service in the evening. "The Freedom Built to Last Memorial Honoring Charlie Kirk" program will start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Mountain time...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) It is a good day to be named Michael Cohen. The controversial convicted felon could soon benefit from President Donald Trump’s mercy in the form of a presidential pardon. Trump said he is open to considering pardoning Cohen, his former personal attorney, when asked by reporters Wednesday afternoon. Fielding...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A 29-year-old Mexican national, Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, admitted guilt in an El Paso federal court to a charge of conspiring to smuggle migrants into the country, according to a Justice Department announcement released last Friday. Prosecutors say he teamed up with several accomplices to funnel...

(Headline USA) A lone juror blocked Lindsay Clancy from being acquitted, insisting he wouldn’t find her not guilty by reason of insanity despite saying during deliberations that he had reasonable doubt, the jury’s foreperson complained in a TV interview Tuesday. The interview with Boston’s NBC10 aired four days after a...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The BBC has released new footage of Saudi intelligence agent and alleged CIA asset Omar al-Bayoumi—who was closely linked to two of the 9/11 hijackers—associating with Al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki. The footage, which is being used as evidence in the long-running lawsuit from victims of 9/11,...

(Headline USA)  Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defense motion for release, meaning the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Roy Cooper, the Democrat who once governed North Carolina and now chases a Senate seat, put a former Bloods gang member onto a criminal justice reform group he formed in 2020, according to a Fox News report.  He created that Racial Equity in Criminal Justice task...