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

FILE - In a Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato of New York was escorted off a plane Monday night, Jan. 9, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for making a commotion after a 6Â½-hour delay. A witness told the New York Post that passengers were already cranky when the JetBlue crew asked people who'd paid for extra legroom to switch seats because of weight and balance issues.

Wife accuses former Republican senator of bank fraud

Daniel Jativa April 13, 2019 3:50 pm

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft celebrates a win against the Los Angeles Rams after NFL Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta.

Prosecutors: No human trafficking occurred in massage parlor sex case that snared NFL owner

Diana Stancy Correll April 13, 2019 2:10 am

Ohio couple arrested for giving laxative-laced cookies to school workers on strike: Police

Diana Stancy Correll April 12, 2019 9:19 pm

President Trump, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, right, speaks during a roundtable at the Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Reston, Va., Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

Trump told immigration official illegally blocking asylum seekers would bring pardon

Anna Giaritelli April 12, 2019 8:40 pm

Uniformed Secret Service police officers are viewed on Pennsylvania Avenue as seen from inside the White House North Lawn in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2019.

Man sets himself on fire outside White House

John Gage April 12, 2019 7:28 pm

Actor Jussie Smollett looks on during a press conference before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago sues Jussie Smollett for cost of investigation

Zach Halaschak April 11, 2019 11:52 pm

Julian Assange gestures as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019.

Swedish prosecutors asked to reopen Julian Assange rape investigation

John Gage April 11, 2019 8:58 pm

Attorney Michael Avenatti leaves federal court after a hearing, Monday, April 1, 2019, in Santa Ana, Calif. Avenatti appeared in federal court on charges he fraudulently obtained $4 million in bank loans and pocketed $1.6 million that belonged to a client.

Avenatti faces maximum 335 years in prison if convicted in 36-count indictment

John Gage April 11, 2019 8:10 pm

White House counsel Greg Craig appears at a press briefing.

Former Obama legal counsel indicted in federal court

Zach Halaschak April 11, 2019 7:20 pm

In this Wednesday, June 15, 2011 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen with his ankle security tag at the house where he is required to stay, near Bungay, England.

Julian Assange won’t appear in an American courtroom anytime soon

Tom Rogan April 11, 2019 3:36 pm

This Oct. 19, 2014 photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published an analysis of the origins of the clergy sex abuse scandal, blaming it on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests in a rare commentary, published Thursday April 11, 2019.

It’s not enough for former Pope Benedict just to blame the 1960s

Becket Adams April 11, 2019 3:02 pm

Julian Assange gestures as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019. Police in London arrested WikiLeaks founder Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy Thursday, April 11, 2019 for failing to surrender to the court in 2012, shortly after the South American nation revoked his asylum.

The crime that will finally put Julian Assange in court: Being a bad guest

Erin Dunne April 11, 2019 1:36 pm