CRIME

(Headline USA) An evacuation order that forced hundreds of people from their homes near an industrial site in central Illinois was lifted Saturday after law enforcement agencies completed a search of the area, authorities said. A bomb was discovered Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables facility in Peoria. Police said the...

(Sean Reed, The Center Square) State and federal officials evacuated people within a mile of an ethanol production plant in Peoria Friday night after finding a pipe bomb inside the plant. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker confirmed state police responded to the incident. The FBI, U.S. Coast Guard and Department of...

(Headline USA) A deputy working security at a gun show in South Carolina fatally shot someone who fired on him Saturday, authorities said. The Lexington County deputy was taken into surgery and was in stable condition, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. The sheriff’s office did not release any additional information...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The adult son of embattled former CIA Director John Brennan was arrested Friday in Virginia in connection with alleged "child pornography" found on his phone, Headline USA can confirm. In an exclusive Friday evening interview, Herndon Police Department spokesperson Lisa Herndon confirmed that an HPD officer was...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration has declared three Guatemalan gangs to be terrorist groups for financing violence and crime with proceeds from drug trafficking. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday imposed the terrorist designations on Los Lorenzanas, Los Huistas and Los Mendoza, all of which the U.S. says have...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Authorities arrested former University of Texas at Tyler student Ciro Stephen Tomlian, 19, following an alleged assault at a Turning Point USA gathering Tuesday, according to The College Fix. He faces two aggravated assault counts and one count of assault causing bodily injury. A jail...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh filed a 178-page appeal on Monday, asking to have his conviction overturned on the grounds that he didn’t receive a fair trial. Routh was the man found hiding in some bushes at Trump’s golf course on Sept. 15, 2024. As Trump...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A superseding indictment was filed Thursday against Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April. The new indictment adds “Act of Terrorism While Armed” to the list of charges Allen faces. He...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Shortly before he was arrested on child pornography charges, an FBI scientist was seen photographing young girls walking to school while he sat inside his FBI-issued vehicle, the Justice Department disclosed Tuesday. The DOJ’s disclosure came in a sentencing memo for Cary Andre Rue, pled guilty on...

(Headline USA) Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations. At least one of those shot was at a gym and died in a pool of blood, a witness said. A shooting...

(Headline USA) The father of an 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive in a dog crate for about 24 hours has been charged with attempted murder in South Carolina, authorities said Wednesday. Koah Sharp, who was reported missing near the state capital city of Columbia, was released from a...

(Headline USA) A minivan crashed into people outside a metro station in Los Angeles during rush hour Tuesday, killing three and critically injuring the driver and at least two others, authorities said. The vehicle ended up under a food vendor’s tent after crashing at a busy intersection just before 6...