Articles filed under Crime
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Inmates leaving gangs, stripping tats for jobs, better livesMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Under penalty of a beating or death, Erik Eck pledged at age 13 to adhere to the Latin Kings' first rule: 'œOnce a King, always a King.'ť Tattoos th...
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Florida Senate passes GOP election police billMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Senate passed a voting law package Friday that was pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and would create a police force dedicated to pursuing...
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CA's governor wants mental health courts for homeless peopleMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's governor unveiled a plan Thursday to create mental health courts in every county, allowing treatment for more homeless people with...
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Takeaways as Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump 'criminal conspiracy'Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing, and investiga...
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California cop gets 6 years for shooting mentally ill manMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - A California police officer was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for fatally shooting an unarmed mentally ill man during a slow-speed car chase in a wealthy San F...
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'Abhorrent': Prison boss vexes DOJ with alleged intimidationMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says it is gravely concerned about allegations that a high-ranking federal prison official entrusted to end sexual abuse and cov...
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Witness: Jan. 6 rioter wanted to remove 'corrupt' lawmakersMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The first person to be tried in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was a Texas militia member who advocated for physically removing and replacing '...
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Amtrak engineer acquitted in 2015 derailment that killed 8Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A jury cleared an Amtrak engineer Friday of all charges stemming from a derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia i...
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High court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber's death sentenceMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote Friday, agreed with the B...
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Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls RoeMar 04, 2022 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he would sign a 15-week abortion ban into law after Florida's legislature joined the trend of Republican-led st...