CRIME

(David Beasley, The Center Square) Ohio’s inspector general says he has uncovered more than $3 million in suspected unemployment benefits fraud dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic period. In 2024, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services referred an allegation of wrongdoing to the state Inspector General’s Office, involving...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Federal investigators reportedly met with a top New York state prosecutor who is accusing his boss, leftist Attorney General Letitia James, of using her office to orchestrate another witch hunt against President Donald Trump. Officials with the DOJ and the FBI interviewed Daniel Wiesenfeld, a now-suspended assistant attorney...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The woman who had an affair with a disgraced former top FBI official and blew the whistle on his ties to Russia was mysteriously found dead just hours after sounding the alarm about potential corruption within the bureau. Allison Guerriero was reportedly found dead inside her home...

(Headline USA) Gunfire could be heard throughout a downtown Minneapolis apartment building as police responded to an active shooting Wednesday that left three people dead, including the suspect, and five others wounded, authorities said. The five wounded by gunfire included two Minneapolis police officers, while a sixth person, another officer, suffered...

(Headline USA) Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Wednesday following a fifth day of deliberations and twice saying they can’t agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The jury will return again Thursday morning. The judge told them...

(Headline USA) A 19-year-old gunman forced his way into a Virginia elementary school Wednesday morning and shot and wounded a staff member before killing himself, authorities said. Officers found Anthony Ignatiadis-Isabelle dead inside the Westwood Hills Elementary School library after responding to a report of a suspicious person, Waynesboro Police...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The DOJ Inspector General released a new report Wednesday, finding that an Assistant U.S. Attorney was caught engaging in prostitution. However, the Justice Department has declined to prosecute the attorney. According to the report, the FBI provided the DOJ with the information that one of its...

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) North Carolina is among 22 states alongside the Federal Trade Commission filing litigation against Amazon, a company the state and Richmond County have been happy to welcome with a $10 billion data center investment. The independent federal consumer agency and the Old North State's first-term...

(Headline USA)  Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida, according to court documents filed Tuesday. In March, Woods' Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the legendary golfer was arrested, officials said. Woods pleaded...

(Headline USA) The woman killed in a random stabbing in Times Square was a Bank of America employee, the bank confirmed Tuesday. Police identified her and the attacker, who was killed in a confrontation with officers shortly after the rampage. The woman who died, Erin Piacenti, 32, was one of...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic allies who allegedly refused to cooperate with the congressional probe into now-former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., may soon face criminal charges after being held in contempt of Congress. In a voice vote Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved contempt resolutions against North Miami Beach Mayor...

(Headline USA) Police in Arizona say a shooting at a Tucson gay bar that left three people dead, including the shooter, is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, were shot in the parking lot of Venture-N shortly after midnight Monday, and...