CRIME

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced charges on Wednesday against two men accused of selling Russian software to U.S. government agencies while pretending that their product was made in America. Lee Reiber, 55, of Boise, Idaho, and Oleg Sergeyevich Davydov, 52, of Moscow, Russia, are accused of concealing...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In less than one week, a U.S. Coast Guard crew seized more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine across three interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Their efforts are part of an international drug trafficking interdiction effort, Operation Pacific Viper, launched in August 2025. Since then,...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Utah Valley University has issued an after-action report on the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk—outlining major failures by Turning Point USA security that contributed to Kirk's death. The report, released Friday, comes on the heels of Kirk’s family saying they intend to...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s one-time bodyguard and lover has reportedly been arrested for breaking into her home and damaging $200,000 worth of artwork and expensive alcohol. The incident comes as Sinema faces a lawsuit from the bodyguard, Matthew Ammel’s, ex-wife for having an affair with...

(Headline USA)  Authorities in Florida have arrested N.C. State’s former director of sports medicine, who is accused of sexually abusing former Wolfpack male athletes under the guise of treatment, which previously led to more than 30 athletes outlining allegations in civil lawsuits. Robert M. Murphy Jr. was arrested Wednesday night...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Advocates of the growing network of AI-driven surveillance cameras argue the technology can help make communities across the U.S. safer. But the controversial cameras have also wreaked havoc on the lives of innocent American citizens, including Florida resident Lindsey Isaacs, who spent 13 days in...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Pennsylvania man Jim Copenhaver, one of the two men who survived gunshot wounds from the July 13, 2024, Trump assassination attempt, died on Wednesday, Headline USA has learned. This reporter was informed of the 76-year-old Copenhaver’s death Thursday morning. A source close to his family confirmed the...

(Headline USA) Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in Manhattan to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning. Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years. His 2020 conviction was...

(Headline USA) Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal on an attempted murder charge in Miami that avoids prison, as part of an agreement that his lawyer said Wednesday was too good to turn down. Brown is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, two long-time associates of Jeffrey Epstein now in charge of handling the deceased billionaire sex criminal’s estate, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported Wednesday that federal prosecutors in Manhattan...

(Headline USA) A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state's June primary, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said during a news conference that Damon Matai Seei was arrested Tuesday...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Hackers have taken between two and three terabytes of data from the FBI in a massive cyberattack, according to the tech publication 404 Media. The hackers, known as the ShinyHunters, reportedly took the personal information of thousands of FBI employees—including their names, home addresses, phone number,...