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

Fred and Cindy Warmbier watch as their son Otto, is placed in a hearse after his funeral. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison in North Korea, died in June, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Otto Warmbier’s family ‘stands up to evil’ in suing against North Korea for wrongful death

Katelyn Caralle December 21, 2018 2:58 pm

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speaks at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 15, 2011.

Nation of Islam defends federal funding for prison lectures as a ‘blessing’ to prisoners

Alana Goodman December 21, 2018 12:15 am

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in New York arrested 32 immigrant sex offenders during a sting operation in Long Island that concluded Aug. 3, according to a statement issued Tuesday. (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)

ICE arrests of gang members dropped in 2018

Anna Giaritelli December 20, 2018 11:29 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in D.C.

House sends criminal justice reform bill to Trump’s desk

Kelly Cohen December 20, 2018 8:59 pm

Former U.S. solicitor general and independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr speaks to the media during a press conference before his presentation at a luncheon for The Rotary Club of Tyler at Hollytree Country Club in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday Dec. 13, 2018.

Ken Starr believes Trump can be indicted

Naomi Lim December 20, 2018 2:30 am

National Border Patrol Council chief Brandon Judd blasted Congress for failing to approve President Trump's year-old executive order to hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agent.

Smuggler used ultralight aircraft to fly two Chinese men over border wall, Border Patrol says

Anna Giaritelli December 19, 2018 8:31 pm

In this 2014 file photo, former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten enters a taxi cab as he leaves federal court in Washington, after the start of his trial.

Blackwater security guard convicted of 2007 civilian massacre in Iraq

Caitlin Yilek December 19, 2018 7:42 pm

California woman charged with posing as firefighter’s wife in ploy to get donations

Diana Stancy Correll December 19, 2018 5:44 pm

Tax policy expert Paul Blair survived an armed robbery and gives Washington, D.C., police high praise for their quick resolution of this week's case.

DC cops save the day for top Grover Norquist aide robbed at gunpoint

Paul Bedard December 19, 2018 5:19 pm

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours' Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago.

Exclusive: Nation of Islam receiving federal cash to teach prisoners

Alana Goodman December 19, 2018 5:00 am

‘Matt broke no code’: Parents of Green Beret charged with murder welcome Trump’s review

Jamie McIntyre December 18, 2018 5:35 pm

In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, joined at right by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, speaks to House Democrats.

Roger Stone to issue apology, retraction for false statements made on InfoWars

Diana Stancy Correll December 18, 2018 2:07 am