CRIME

(Headline USA) Hate crime charges have been filed against a man who disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan's Central Synagogue and struck two people while being hustled outside Friday night. “As synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged synagogue property, and then spit at and...

(Headline USA) A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived and was in stable condition, police said. Chad Hickman,...

(Headline USA) Police in Kentucky said one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a park Saturday evening. Lexington police officers responded just before 7 p.m. to a report of shots fired and found five victims, according to a department statement. One person was declared dead...

(Headline USA) Authorities were seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that left five people wounded, police said Sunday, as a 19-year-old suspect remained in custody and investigators sought to unravel what happened. Investigators were trying to determine what led to Saturday's shooting and if...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) President Donald Trump touted his record on crime and public safety during a visit to New York on Friday, which was also aimed at boosting Republican candidates in tightly contested races ahead of the midterms. Trump toured the Nassau County Police Academy in Long Island,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The late founder of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner, reportedly alerted the FBI in 2005 to alleged sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein involving a Playboy Playmate, according to a series of new reports. The alleged victim, then-model Audra Christiansen, has since said that the FBI ignored Hefner’s repeated...

(Headline USA) Police arrested a 19-year-old found hiding in a dormitory closet at Virginia State University on Saturday in connection with an overnight shooting on campus that left five people wounded, including one with critical injuries. Camron Harris of Henrico, Virginia, is not a student on campus nor were four of...

(Headline USA) Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students got ready for a new school year. It happened near the university's Quad Annexes, where campus police and Chesterfield County officers discovered...

(Headline USA) A series of shootings in Michigan left five people plus a suspect dead Friday, police said, following an extensive search around two homes and a wooded area. Officers responded just before noon to reports of a shooting at a home in Missaukee County, about 170 miles northwest of Detroit,...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is giving county sheriffs a final ultimatum to end immigration agreements with the Trump administration or face possible legal action for violating a new state law.    In a joint statement issued Friday, Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James put seven...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The number of foreign nationals apprehended nationwide was historically low in July but the highest they’ve been since January, according to the latest data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The increase is largely due to a greater number of illegal border crossers being...

(Headline USA) A person has been arrested in connection with vandalism at The World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced Friday. Pirro announced on X that her office was filing two felony charges against Melissa L....