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

Walmart store in Traverse City, located around 140 miles north of Grand Rapids.

Eleven people stabbed at Walmart in Michigan, suspect in custody

By Zach LaChance July 26, 2025 7:19 pm

This image provided by the Somerset County, Maine, Sheriff’s Office, shows a rural home that was converted into a sophisticated marijuana grow operation on May 17, 2024, in Norridgewock, Maine. A Maine utility wants to assist investigators by proactively providing electrical usage data to police.

Chinese are funding illegal marijuana operations across Maine, Collins charges

By Anna Giaritelli July 26, 2025 8:00 am

President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DHS starts deportation flights of illegal immigrants from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: DeSantis

By Anna Giaritelli July 25, 2025 11:16 am

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell is seated at the defense table during her trial on Nov. 30., 2021.

What to know as Ghislaine Maxwell meets DOJ’s Todd Blanche

By Kaelan Deese July 24, 2025 12:02 pm

Suspect in car attack on California crowd faces attempted murder charges

By David Zimmermann July 24, 2025 10:53 am

New York City Mayor Eric Adams leaves an event in New York, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

Adams unveils NYPD drone committee in latest big-city policing shift embracing the technology

By Emily Hallas July 23, 2025 2:58 pm

A U.S. Border Patrol agent speaks with an illegal immigrant who was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol during a traffic stop in July 2024. (Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner)

Florida paying for illegal immigrants to self-deport on commercial flights

By Anna Giaritelli July 23, 2025 5:00 am

In this Sept. 2, 2000 file photo, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, driven by Britain's Prince Andrew leaves the wedding of a former girlfriend of the prince, Aurelia Cecil, at the Parish Church of St Michael in Compton Chamberlayne near Salisbury, England. The FBI said Thursday July 2, 2020, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested in New Hampshire.

Who is Ghislaine Maxwell, and what can the Trump administration do to make her speak truthfully about Epstein?

By Emily Hallas July 22, 2025 5:29 pm

Trump demands judge make Bryan Kohberger explain why he murdered four Idaho students

By David Zimmermann July 21, 2025 4:47 pm

Tim Burchett accuses Dick Durbin of lying about past treatment of Epstein case

By Jenny Goldsberry July 21, 2025 2:17 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and White House border czar Tom Homan speak with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump officials blast sanctuary city mayors after off-duty CBP officer shooting in NYC

By Anna Giaritelli July 21, 2025 12:21 pm

Law enforcement investigate the scene where a vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, July 19, 2025 injuring several people.

Driver in LA nightclub car ramming is felon out on parole

By Mackenzie Thomas July 21, 2025 11:33 am