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

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, opens the door to a balcony to speak to media and supporters at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, U.K., on on Friday, May 19, 2017. Assange hailed a Swedish decision to drop a rape probe against him, but said he won't leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has sought refuge for the past five years as long as he remains a target in the U.S. and U.K.

US officials hopeful Assange will be extradited to face trial

Anna Giaritelli November 16, 2018 1:49 am

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, qualify for Combat Marksmanship Program tables 3-6 during Integrated Training Exercise 1-19 on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 17, 2018. CLB-4 Marines worked to qualify for the CMP tables in order to ensure combat readiness. ITX 1-19 is a large-scale Marine Air-Ground Task Force integration exercise in which CLB-4 Marines and Sailors train to respond quickly to any contingency by fully integrating with ground and air combat elements of the MAGTF.

Two Navy SEALs and two Marines charged with murdering Green Beret in Mali

Diana Stancy Correll November 15, 2018 7:08 pm

Michael Avenatti, the attorney and spokesperson for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters outside federal court, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York.

Michael Avenatti tries the Jacob Wohl defense

Tiana Lowe Doescher November 15, 2018 5:42 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during a signing ceremony for H. R. 5682, First Step Act, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. TrumpÂ endorsed proposed legislation that would change criminal sentencing rules and provide new assistance to some ex-cons, in a bid to build momentum for a bill that top Senate Republicans say is unlikely to pass this year.

President Trump, criminal justice reformer

Tiana Lowe Doescher November 15, 2018 4:56 pm

The newly renovated Hippodrome Theater photographed Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004 in Baltimore. The theater has just completed a 18 month, $63 million restoration.

Man escorted from Baltimore theater after shouting ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’

Diana Stancy Correll November 15, 2018 3:28 pm

People hold signs at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia during protest about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington. David Barrows, right, with Code Pink, wears a mask of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Saudi prosecutors seek the death penalty for Khashoggi murder suspects

Katelyn Caralle November 15, 2018 1:12 pm

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference during the USCCB's annual fall meeting, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Baltimore.

Vatican shows for the umpteenth time it doesn’t take the clergy sex abuse scandal seriously

Becket Adams November 15, 2018 12:45 pm

Michael Avenatti speaks to the media outside the Los Angeles Police Department after posting bail for domestic violence, Nov. 14, 2018.

Michael Avenatti: Allegation of domestic violence ‘completely bogus’

Naomi Lim November 15, 2018 2:48 am

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, speaks in Washington on May 5, 2018.

Vermont Democrats disinvite Avenatti after domestic violence arrest

Naomi Lim November 15, 2018 2:34 am

An Iraqi soldier inspects a recently-discovered train tunnel, adorned with an Islamic State group flag, that belonged to the former Baghdad to Mosul line, that was turned it to a training camp for IS fighters, in western Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 1. 2017.

New York man guilty of attempting to provide, conspiring to support ISIS

Diana Stancy Correll November 15, 2018 2:14 am

Michael Avenatti, attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels, talks to the media after a Federal Court hearing, in New York, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. The attorney for Michael Cohen, Stephen Ryan, blasted Avenatti during a court hearing about materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office.

Avenatti’s last tweet linked Trump to Weinstein and #MeToo movement

Daniel Chaitin November 14, 2018 11:30 pm

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' attorney, leaves federal court in New York after a hearing for Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, Thursday, April 26, 2018.

‘She hit me first’: Michael Avenatti arrested for domestic violence

Naomi Lim November 14, 2018 11:15 pm