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

Loudoun County attorney’s office to no longer prosecute certain misdemeanors

Cami Mondeaux January 13, 2023 9:25 am

Admitting ignorance is bliss

Rob Long January 13, 2023 3:20 am

John Lipscombe, a Travis County judge since 2011, was charged with driving while intoxicated after reportedly attempting to back his car into an already occupied parking spot at a hotel in North Austin on Saturday around 12:30 a.m.

Judge orders absentee juror to write 30-page essay for leaving Young Thug trial

Jenny Goldsberry January 12, 2023 11:45 pm

DC crime statistics show spikes in first 12 days of 2023

Rachel Schilke January 12, 2023 11:03 pm

In this photo provided by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office is Alexanda Kotey, who was in custody at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Alexandria, Va.

‘ISIS Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey no longer listed in prison system

Jack Birle January 12, 2023 7:32 pm

Bryan Kohberger, right, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, appears at a hearing in Latah County District Court, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.

Idaho student murders: Bryan Kohberger preliminary hearing set for June

Rachel Schilke January 12, 2023 6:18 pm

One in seven Metrobuses doesn't have the technology to alert riders to when it is arriving, and some operators don't turn on the technology that they do have, according to Metro documents. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Two DC children shot while getting off Metrobus

Rachel Schilke January 12, 2023 4:08 pm

An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly.

‘It’s a weapon of mass destruction’: House committee readies to battle fentanyl scourge

Washington Examiner January 12, 2023 1:01 pm

Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where actor Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming Rust and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director.

New Mexico DA closes in on Rust crew with charges expected within weeks

Jenny Goldsberry January 12, 2023 1:07 am

A person hits a flat surface with a gavel.

Assault and resisting arrest charges dropped against DC climate activist

Rachel Schilke January 11, 2023 10:07 pm

Andrew Tate leaves the Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A court in Romania's capital Bucharest has ruled against an appeal by the divisive social media personality Andrew Tate who challenged asset seizures by prosecutors who are investigating him on charges of being part of an organized crime group and human trafficking, an official said Wednesday.

Andrew Tate loses appeal on luxury car seizures

Ryan King January 11, 2023 8:12 pm

Karon Blake shooting: Suspect in death of 13-year-old boy is a DC government employee

Rachel Schilke January 11, 2023 7:27 pm