Crime

Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors member Kenneth Bowman, left, and Danville councilman Lee Vogler attend the Danville Community College Education Foundation Holiday Gathering in Danville, Virginia, Dec. 2024.

Man who soaked Virginia councilman in gas and set him on fire wanted to kill him: Police

By David Zimmermann July 31, 2025 5:47 pm

Virginia city councilman set on fire

David Zimmermann Jul 30, 2025

Former President Barack Obama hugs former first lady Michelle Obama as he is introduced during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago.

Less than a third expect Russiagate prosecutions: Poll

Jenny Goldsberry Jul 30, 2025

Members of NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York.

Democrats who supported defunding police mourn NYC officer killed in shooting

Jenny Goldsberry Jul 29, 2025

DeSantis lambasts Mamdani’s past calls to defund NYC police as ‘asinine’ policy

Anna Giaritelli Jul 29, 2025

One of the last living Alcatraz prisoners opens up about life behind bars and Trump plans to reopen it

By Barnini Chakraborty May 12, 2025 11:18 am

DHS signals more arrests coming after lawmakers ‘stormed’ ICE prison in protest

By Zach LaChance May 10, 2025 5:51 pm

Decades-old death in Oregon potentially linked to notorious California serial killer

By The Associated Press May 10, 2025 10:20 am

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joins protesters outside of Delaney Hall, a recently reopened immigration detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Newark mayor arrested during protest where lawmakers ‘stormed’ ICE prison

By Ross O'Keefe May 9, 2025 4:58 pm

This Aug. 6, 2012, file photo shows smoke pouring from a fire at the Chevron Richmond Refinery behind Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.

Trump moves to reopen prisons and shuttered immigrant detention facilities for ICE

By Anna Giaritelli May 9, 2025 7:00 am

The great supply chain robbery

By Jeremy Lott May 9, 2025 5:45 am

Washington bishops refuse state law requiring them to disclose confessions of sexual abuse

By Annabella Rosciglione May 8, 2025 3:35 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before a raid to arrest immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security during an early morning raid in Compton, California, Monday, June 6, 2022.

Big cities across US report decrease in violent crime during first quarter

By Jenny Goldsberry May 8, 2025 2:42 pm

Demonstrators gather with signs near the Butler Library on the Columbia University campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

Rubio reviewing student visas for anti-Israel protesters who took over Columbia’s library

By Emily Hallas May 8, 2025 11:21 am

Del Mar lifeguards looks over a capsized boat on the beach Monday, May 5, 2025, in at Torrey Pines State beach in San Diego, Calif.

Five Mexicans charged with human smuggling in San Diego after migrants die in capsized boat

By Emily Hallas May 7, 2025 3:55 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a FIFA task force meeting on the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In Springfield, Noem implores Pritzker to abandon sanctuary policies

By Anna Giaritelli May 7, 2025 1:52 pm

San Francisco’s push for ‘recovery first’ drug abuse plan faces crucial vote

By Barnini Chakraborty May 6, 2025 5:15 pm