An 87-year-old, transgendered New York City serial killer is trying to stay out of prison for a third time, as his trial for viciously butchering a woman and then riding around with her severed arm in his mobility scooter began this week in Brooklyn.
A Texas jury was shown a picture of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner smiling as a young boy — at just about the age of his victim — as the defense brought his drug-addicted mother to the stand.
A serial thief who stole a handbag from former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has been sentenced to three years in prison.
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston city ordinance that limited police officers’ cooperation with federal immigration agents was amended on Wednesday after Texas’ governor threatened to take away millions of dollars in public safety grants.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification.
Vladimir Plahotniuc, a Moldovan oligarch, is escorted by police, after being extradited from Greece, at the Eugen Doga International Airport in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
State legislators are taking aim at California’s parole system after two high profile sex offenders were granted opportunities for release from prison last year.
Puka Nacua submitted an answer on Tuesday to the lawsuit that alleged he bit a woman on New Year’s Eve, and in the new court filing, the Rams star made some surprising allegations against his accuser, Madison Atiabi.
Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup to overthrow Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu.
Four people have been arrested during a dawn raid on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud following an investigation into the government's botched home insulation scheme.
The city’s controversial plan to relocate hundreds of homeless men into the East Village was temporarily halted by a state judge Wednesday after concerned residents sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stop it.
The US Justice Department has charged the anti-racist Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with wire fraud over its funneling of more than $3 million to white supremacist and extremist groups, including the organizers of the deadly ‘Unite the Right’ Charlottesville rally in 2017.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Vlad Plahotniuc, once Moldova's richest man, has been sentenced to 19 years in jail in a banking fraud case known in the country as the "theft of the century".
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has refused to release former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, ruling that it has jurisdiction over his case despite his country’s withdrawal from the tribunal. The 81‑year‑old will remain in custody in The Hague.
DALLAS (AP) — Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
Calvin Duncan is sworn in as Clerk of Criminal Court at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for America via AP)
Palestine Action defendants facing charges in connection with a raid on an Israeli-owned factory wanted to “destroy as many weapons as possible” and “shut the site down”, an English court heard on Wednesday.
In this year of America’s 250th anniversary, archaeologists and college students recently discovered artifacts dating back to the American Revolution — including one infamous 18th-century robbery.
A middle school teacher in Netanya discovered that 8th-grade students had distributed an AI-generated pornographic video in which her face had been inserted.
Celeste Rivas could have been as young as 12 when she allegedly began communicating D4vd, the 21-year-old pop star charged for her murder, prosecutors claimed Monday. Internet sleuths and former fans took a deep dive into possible online interactions between the two, with the first alleged clue surfacing in 2022.“Ce…
Black children are eight times more likely to be strip searched by police than their white peers in England and Wales, a new report by the Children's Commissioner says.
A Houston federal judge dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against MS NOW contributor Frank Figliuzzi over his claim that Patel was in “nightclubs far more than he has been” at the agency’s headquarters.
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- More than 50 U.S. Republicans have urged South Korea to halt what they describe as a "targeted assault" on American companies, including Coupang Inc., through discriminatory regulations, calling it an "unacceptable" move that could risk helping Chinese firms gain market dominance.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway a day after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Imee Marcos expressed disappointed with the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asserting jurisdiction over the case of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
TOKYO (AP) — A South Korean national holding a banner carrying political messages was arrested Wednesday for allegedly obstructing an annual spring festival at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese police said.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Seventh Division issued a precautionary Hold Departure Order (HDO) against former speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
An Emmy Award-winning photojournalist posed for a wild, bug-eyed mugshot as he was arrested for secretly filming people getting undressed at an Oklahoma TV station, according to police.
O Serviço Nacional de Investigação Criminal (Sernic) realizou a operação na noite de terça-feira (21.04), no seguimento do caso de três detidos, dois mexicanos e um moçambicano, com passagem por Portugal, suspeitos de integrarem o Cartel de Sinaloa, um dos maiores grupos de crime organizado do mundo, que alegadament…