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

In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid.

DOJ arrests North Korean operative for running fraudulent IT team

By Jenny Goldsberry July 1, 2025 9:58 am

Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks speaks to reporters during the visit to the US-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sunland Park, N.M., Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) U.S. Secret Service police watch through a gate in the fence as demonstrators protest Saturday, June 6, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Senior Chief Petty Officer Seth Hunt, the school chief of the Maritime Law Enforcement Academy, discusses the academy's new Vessel Pursuit Training Program during an interview at the academy in North Charleston, S.C., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. With the transfer of the program from Camp Lejeune, N.C., all Coast Guard law enforcement training programs are now based in South Carolina. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Federal police hires boom as Trump makes officers respected again

By Anna Giaritelli July 1, 2025 6:00 am

Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in murder of four Idaho college students

By Brady Knox June 30, 2025 8:02 pm

Florida GOP sells ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ merch ahead of ICE facility launch in Everglades

By Heather Hunter June 30, 2025 6:53 pm

Law enforcement and emergency responders at Cherry Hill Park off 15th Street on Sunday afternoon, June 29, 2025, following reports of an ambush shooting attack on Canfield Mountain, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Firefighters ambushed by sniper in Idaho: What we know about deadly shooting

By David Zimmermann June 30, 2025 11:17 am

Two dead after shooting targeting firefighters in Idaho

By Zach LaChance June 29, 2025 8:29 pm

Washington Post journalist charged with child pornography possession

By Brady Knox June 27, 2025 8:55 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) presents his revised state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, California, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Newsom sues Fox News for defamation over Trump phone call

By Emily Hallas June 27, 2025 10:45 am

Egyptian man pleads guilty to kicking CBP dog at DC airport

By Elaine Mallon June 26, 2025 5:42 pm

Escorted by soldiers and police officers, Adolfo "Fito" Macias, the leader of the Choneros gang, arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after getting detained, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Joffre Flores)

Ecuador’s most wanted drug lord captured hiding in bunker

By Morgan Kromer June 26, 2025 10:59 am

Man accused of supplying materials for bombs targeting California fertility clinic dies in custody

By Annabella Rosciglione June 25, 2025 2:32 pm

California man arrested in attempt to help Islamic State as Trump warns of terrorist sleeper cells

By Elaine Mallon June 24, 2025 4:58 pm