(Headline USA) Federal immigration authorities allowed a suspect in a $100 million jewelry heist believed to be the largest in U.S. history to deport himself to South America in December, a move that stunned and upset prosecutors who were planning to try the case and send him to prison.
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(Headline USA) Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice.
The report, released on Thursday, tracked 13 crimes and recorded...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, helped save a woman’s life in London after calling law enforcement when he saw her being attacked during a FaceTime call, according to court records.
The Daily Mail reported Wednesday that Barron contacted London police after allegedly witnessing a man assault...
(Headline USA) In two decades of kicking in doors for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took on the risks of being the “lead breacher," meaning he was the first person into the room.
On Wednesday, he felt a familiar uncertainty awaiting sentencing for using his DEA badge...
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance heard Wednesday from witnesses on the ongoing Minnesota fraud scandal.
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Republicans and Democrats on the committee sparred over what Democrats consider the politicization of the fraud story, which has dominated headlines in Minnesota...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) For more than five years, the “Sedition Hunters,” the shadowy group of online sleuths that used controversial facial recognition technology to help the FBI track down Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protestors, were portrayed by mainstream media as “volunteers” who were helping the U.S. government for patriotic...
(Headline USA) A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments against a former president for the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Democratic threats to shut down the government unless Congress defunds the Department of Homeland Security could backfire in ways left-wing lawmakers appear not to have anticipated.
Several House Democrats have threatened to vote against a government funding bill if it does not strip funding from DHS, a move aimed...
(Headline USA) Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty for the life of a Border Patrol commander behind an immigration crackdown in Chicago last year.
Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, faces one count of murder-for-hire. Federal prosecutors allege he’s a “ranking member”...
(Headline USA) An 18-year-old plans to plead guilty to a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina that left five people dead — including his older brother — avoiding a trial next month, his attorneys said Tuesday.
A written notice filed in Wake County court by the lawyers for Austin Thompson...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Kyiv resident who knew convicted would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh from their time in Ukraine has vouched for Routh’s character—supporting his request for a lenient sentence.
In a letter filed Tuesday to Judge Aileen Cannon, Mariia Riznyk said Routh saved her life in early 2022.
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(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) High-ranking Minnesota elected officials on Tuesday were served subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to multiple reports.
Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and other officials are required to appear before a federal...