Crime

This courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen.

WHCA dinner suspect slapped with new terrorism charge

Emily Hallas · November 13, 2026 2:00 pm

A photo shows Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi with a gun connecting him to the Hamas-supporting National Resistance Brigade, according to federal prosecutors. (Image credit: Department of Justice)

Undercover Israeli agents will testify in Louisiana against alleged Oct. 7 terrorist: Judge

The building where Matt Lambert lived.

DC shooting victim was building manager known to suspected gunman, police say

Local and federal law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting in Washington.

PETA deletes post tying Logan Circle shooting to foie gras controversy

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services, respond to reports of an active shooting in Washington, D.C.

Logan Circle shooter identified: What to know

A masked gangster who goes by the nickname "El Negrito" poses for a portrait with his gun inside his gang's safe-house in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019.

‘Crazy Boys’ gang says Venezuela too broke to make muggings worth it

John Gage May 28, 2019 6:54 pm

Rescuers work at the scene of an attack in Kawasaki, near Tokyo Tuesday, May 28, 2019. A man wielding a knife attacked commuters waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo during Tuesday morning's rush hour, Japanese authorities and media said.

Two dead, multiple schoolgirls injured in Japan knife attack

Caitlin Yilek May 28, 2019 1:11 pm

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are shown.

Trump assails Biden over ‘Super Predator’ crime bill 25 years on

Tim Pearce May 27, 2019 9:39 pm

Mexico's government says it has extradited drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking and other charges. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

US worries that El Chapo’s request for more outdoor time could be part of escape plot

Zach Halaschak May 26, 2019 5:16 pm

Update: Dogs that survived high-speed chase in RV on the mend

Tim Pearce May 24, 2019 7:30 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md, and then on to Tokyo.

Trump suggests he won’t consider pardons until after military trials

Tim Pearce May 24, 2019 6:16 pm

Family of murdered Marine says Green Beret who killed suspected Taliban bomb-maker deserves Trump pardon

Russ Read May 24, 2019 1:42 am

Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused of violating the Espionage Act

Jerry Dunleavy May 23, 2019 8:42 pm

Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, after prosecutors dropped all charges against him. Smollett had been indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs.

Judge rules to unseal court records in Jussie Smollett case

Zach Halaschak May 23, 2019 8:01 pm

Attorney Michael Avenatti talks to the media outside of federal court in Santa Ana, Calif. on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Avenatti has told a federal judge in California that he has hired a lawyer to represent him in a case alleging he stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated on taxes and committed bank fraud.

Avenatti claims he was told Trump is behind his indictment

Joseph Simonson May 23, 2019 2:27 pm

Older man dumps dead girl, 13, outside hospital ‘like a bag of trash’

Julio Rosas May 23, 2019 1:31 am

Attorney Michael Avenatti talks to the media outside of federal court in Santa Ana, Calif.

The media created and owns Michael Avenatti

Tiana Lowe Doescher May 22, 2019 9:58 pm