Crime

Peoria, IL Biourja facility. (Biourja website)

Illinois ethanol plant bomb forces evacuation as FBI investigates

Christine Valora · November 14, 2026 10:00 am

This courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen.

WHCA dinner suspect slapped with new terrorism charge

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

Police secure the main entrance to UNC Charlotte after a shooting at the school that left at least two people dead in Charlotte, N.C.

University of North Carolina-Charlotte identifies two victims killed in school shooting

Diana Stancy Correll May 1, 2019 5:32 pm

Alexander Acosta, Jeffrey Epstein.

Alexander Acosta claims he was ‘too aggressive’ in controversial prosecution of billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein

Sean Higgins May 1, 2019 5:24 pm

Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail

Caitlin Yilek May 1, 2019 11:06 am

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2011 file photo shows medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif. Illinois officials released figures Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 detailing how medical marijuana business applications are distributed around the state, the first indication of where competition will be fiercest for a limited number of cultivation center and dispensary permits. The Illinois Department of Agriculture received 159 applications for cultivation centers and expects to award 21 licenses, one in each Illinois State Police district. ( AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Bay of Pigs pilot ends longest US pot sentence but now risks deportation

Steven Nelson May 1, 2019 4:00 am

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, a group of migrant families walk from the Rio Grande, the river separating the U.S. and Mexico in Texas, near McAllen, Texas. The migrants said they crossed the river in an inflatable raft and were hoping to be apprehended by the Border Patrol so they could be processed and released.

Border Patrol announces largest-ever group of migrants arrested: 424 people

Anna Giaritelli April 30, 2019 11:37 pm

Guards walk down the corridor of a prison cell.

Why most Americans believe inmates shouldn’t vote

Quin Hillyer April 30, 2019 7:19 pm

A white toilet in a bathroom.

Man flushes grandparents’ ashes down a toilet after fight with mother over marijuana use

John Gage April 30, 2019 5:15 pm

A customer purchases marijuana at the Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif.,

With Sessions no longer AG, marijuana banking bill gains momentum

Melissa Quinn April 30, 2019 4:00 am

Attorney Michael Avenatti leaves Federal Court after his initial appearance in an extortion case Monday, March 25, 2019, in New York.

Avenatti pleads not guilty to embezzlement charges

Diana Stancy Correll April 29, 2019 10:05 pm

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Michael Cohen whines: Why am I going to prison while Trump is not?

John Gage April 29, 2019 9:03 pm

Twenty-seven of those arrested came from El Salvador, 11 from Honduras, five from Mexico and two from Guatemala.

Massachusetts prosecutors sue to block ICE from making courthouse arrests

Zach Halaschak April 29, 2019 8:57 pm

A group of Poway residents bring flowers and cards to a memorial outside of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire Saturday inside the synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday.

Unity, not the blame game, will defeat white nationalist hate

Beth Bailey April 29, 2019 8:09 pm