Crime

Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, gives a tour of the prison's execution chamber, Oct. 13, 1999.

More people want victims of botched executions to serve life sentences than retry execution: Poll

Shea Carlberg · October 21, 2026 4:29 pm

Detainees talk on telephones at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif., Aug. 28, 2019

Green card recipient who died in ICE custody was detained for alleged concealment of criminal history, ICE says

Donald Trump dances at a rally

Man charged in threat to ‘shoot Trump’ ahead of Kansas rally

As members of the National Guard walk on patrol

National Guard member shot trying to intervene during street fight in DC

police lights

Massachusetts Republican lieutenant gubernatorial candidate arrested on drunk driving charge

governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference regarding the shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.

Josh Shapiro and family evacuated from home after ‘arsonist’ sets fire to mansion

Annabella Rosciglione April 13, 2025 12:48 pm

Albuquerque: The crime crisis you haven’t heard about

Zachary Faria April 11, 2025 5:12 am

This photo provided by Hédi Aouidj shows Ryan Routh, a suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of President Donald Trump, in Maidan, Ukraine on April 10, 2024.

Florida AG announces charges against attempted Trump assassin

Jenny Goldsberry April 10, 2025 3:01 pm

BROOKFIELD, WI - JULY 16: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, speaks at a breakfast for California Delegates at a hotel in suburban Milwaukee on the second day of the RNC on July 16th, 2024. (Photo by Sara Stathas for the Washington Post)

Glenn Youngkin credits help from Trump administration for major MS-13 arrest

Jenny Goldsberry April 10, 2025 12:15 pm

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

Trump finalizing plan to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities

Anna Giaritelli April 10, 2025 11:29 am

Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL).

Ashley Moody says drug seizure in Florida was ‘bad day for cartels’

Jenny Goldsberry April 10, 2025 10:52 am

A bag of 4-fluoroisobutyrylfentanyl, seized in a drug raid, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2016.

Treasury Department publishes ‘first-of-its-kind’ investigation into fentanyl finance

Brady Knox April 9, 2025 5:37 pm

Trump administration reinstates ICE office for Americans victimized by illegal immigrants

Anna Giaritelli April 9, 2025 3:30 pm

Boston City Councilwoman Tania Fernandes Anderson leaves federal court in Boston after pleading not guilty to five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Boston.

Democratic Boston city councilwoman pleads guilty to public corruption charges

Luke Gentile April 9, 2025 2:16 pm

LA district attorney claims lack of ‘coordination’ delayed arrest of illegal immigrant murder suspect

Jenny Goldsberry April 9, 2025 1:56 pm

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington.

DOJ deals ‘major blow’ to Mexican cartels with $509 million drug bust by Coast Guard: Bondi

Anna Giaritelli April 9, 2025 12:53 pm

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) speaks at a news conference, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as efforts by New Mexico lawmakers to contain violent crime took center stage at the conclusion of an annual legislative session following Friday's fatal shooting at a public park in Las Cruces.

Michelle Lujan Grisham signs turquoise alert into law for missing Native Americans

Jack Birle April 8, 2025 4:54 pm