Crime

Ryder Barnes, an 18-year-old football standout at Crean Lutheran High School who had committed to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, was found dead near a park in Mission Viejo on April 6. The Orange County Sheriff Department has ruled his death a suicide, the department’s Public Information Officer told Sports Illustrated. The news […]

A 14-year-old student opened fire in two classrooms at a middle school in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13 others in the country’s second school shooting in as many days. The boy died during the attack, though officials said it remained unclear whether he was shot by police or took his […]

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into multiple sexual assault allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat who announced Monday he would resign his congressional seat rather than face an expulsion vote. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the federal probe to Fox News Digital, which reported that five different women […]

Federal agents arrested a 32-year-old Jamaican national in Duval County, Florida, on March 31 after learning he had slipped back into the United States following a 2022 deportation, and was wanted in Jamaica for murder. Immigration and Customs Enforcement identified the man as Ragar Mandela Allen, a documented member of the Craig Town Gang, and […]

A retired inspector general told a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday that criminals can buy a stolen identity for less than the price of a fast-food meal, then use free online tutorials and artificial intelligence to file fraudulent benefit claims from anywhere on the planet. The warning, delivered by nearly three-decade anti-fraud veteran Bob Westbrooks, […]

A 31-year-old woman who allegedly snatched a three-year-old boy from his guardian inside an Omaha, Nebraska, Walmart and slashed him with a stolen knife was shot and killed by police in the store’s parking lot Tuesday morning. The child survived surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. Officers responded to the Walmart around […]

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted she had no prior knowledge of sexual misconduct and rape allegations against fellow Bay Area Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell, then praised his decision to resign from Congress as “smart” and “the right thing to do.” The rapid pivot, delivered during an event at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., […]

A 65-year-old Arizona woman now faces a Class AA felony murder charge in the death of a newborn baby whose body was discovered behind a North Dakota college campus in April 1981, a cold case cracked open by advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy that took investigators more than four decades to close. Nancy […]

Luigi Santarelli was laughing with his coach just minutes before he dropped to the ground on a tennis court in central Italy last Wednesday. He was fifteen years old. He never regained consciousness. The young player collapsed during a session at the Cittadella dello Sport complex in San Giovanni Teatino, Italy. Medical staff at the […]

The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it has opened a formal investigation into allegations that Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) engaged in sexual misconduct with a member of his own staff, a bipartisan move that lands on a congressman already facing calls for expulsion and a gubernatorial campaign he abruptly suspended just one day earlier. […]