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

Empire actor Jussie Smollett, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after his hearing on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Chicago.

Jussie Smollett proves the criminal justice system bends for the privileged and powerful

Tiana Lowe Doescher March 26, 2019 4:59 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019 file photo, Barbra Streisand introduces "BlacKkKlansman" at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Streisand is coming under intense criticism online for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were âthrilled to be thereâ and that the alleged abuse âdidnât kill them.â In a wide-ranging interview with the Times of London, Streisand was quoted as saying she âabsolutelyâ believed the accusers. Wade Robson and James Safechuck make their allegations in the HBO documentary âLeaving Neverland.â

Barbra Streisand’s contemptible justification of child molestation

Madeline Fry Schultz March 26, 2019 4:57 pm

In this May 20, 2016 photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the "Empire" FYC Event in Los Angeles.

All charges against Jussie Smollett dropped

Caitlin Yilek, Claude Thompson March 26, 2019 3:33 pm

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

Michael Avenatti postpones press conference on Nike ‘scandal’ after being indicted

Zach Halaschak March 26, 2019 2:43 pm

In this Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, from left, Brad Steinle, Liz Sullivan and Jim Steinle, the brother, mother and father of Kate Steinle who was shot to death on a pier, listen to their attorneys speak during a news conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco.

9th Circuit sinks Kate Steinle parents’ lawsuit against ‘sanctuary city’

Caitlin Yilek March 26, 2019 2:39 pm

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

Michael Avenatti denies he tried to extort Nike in 3 a.m. tweet

Zach Halaschak March 26, 2019 2:22 pm

Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.

Yale rescinds first admission offer in national college admissions scandal

Zach Halaschak March 25, 2019 10:51 pm

Attorney General nominee William Barr pauses as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Why would AG Barr prevaricate on the Mueller report?

Tiana Lowe Doescher March 25, 2019 9:31 pm

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

Kevin McCarthy: Adam Schiff ‘unfit’ to be House Intelligence chairman

Zach Halaschak March 25, 2019 9:16 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2016, file photo, attorney Mark Geragos talks to the media during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. Litigation is piling up like bonfire kindling against organizers of the Fyre Festival that flamed out in a fiasco in April 2017 in the Bahamas, and Geragos says the event billed as "the cultural experience of the decade" was a "get-rich-quick scam."

Mark Geragos, alleged Avenatti co-conspirator, fired by CNN

Zach Halaschak March 25, 2019 8:13 pm

People hold signs during a protest at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington.

Saudi mastermind of Khashoggi murder not facing trial

Caitlin Yilek March 25, 2019 7:45 pm

In this Sept. 2, 2016 photo, attorney Mark Geragos talks to the media during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles.

CNN analyst Mark Geragos said to be Avenatti’s alleged co-conspirator

Caitlin Yilek March 25, 2019 7:13 pm