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13 arrested for trafficking drugs out of New Britain car dealership: officials
Over a dozen people have been arrested on drug charges after the FBI conducted a federal investigation in New Britain on Thursday. The State’s Attorney’s Office said 13 people have been arrested after an investigation into drug trafficking at a car dealership on Main Street. Court documents show that since February, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and...
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What happens next in The Onion's effort to buy Alex Jones' Infowars
The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers raised concerns about how an auction was conducted.
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Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
A Venezuelan man “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a prosecutor said Friday.
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New Hampshire woman stole $500,000 from employer, partly to see Tom Brady play the Patriots
A New Hampshire woman will spend more than two years in prison, partly because she wanted to see Tom Brady and the Buccaneers play the Patriots.
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Alex Jones' Infowars sold at auction to The Onion
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax.
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The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday.
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Florida man facing new murder charge in disappearance of estranged wife in Spain
A South Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain is now facing a murder charge in the case.
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Person dressed in bear costume attacks cars as part of insurance scam
California officials say four people were arrested after a person dressed in a bear costume faked attacks on cars for insurance payouts.
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Satire slinger The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families
Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction.
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Parents arrested after child found with drugs in their system at Windsor Locks motel
The parents of a child found with cocaine and meth in their system at a motel in Windsor Locks have been arrested. The police department said they were notified of a Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigation at Bradley Inn on Ella Grasso Turnpike on Sept. 4. Authorities said they removed a child from a motel room and later…
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Teen ‘serial swatter' behind hundreds of hoax threats across US pleads guilty
A California teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls and offering swatting-for-a-fee services pleaded guilty to making hoax threats to schools, religious institutions and government officials about mass shootings and bombings across the country.
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Son of ex-Ecuadorian official pleads guilty in $16 million bribery scheme in Florida
A Miami man has pleaded guilty in a $16 million bribery and money laundering scheme involving his father, a former government official in Ecuador, prosecutors said.
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Bodycam shows Oklahoma City officer slamming elderly man to the ground
The Oklahoma city police department has released video showing an officer slamming an elderly Asian man to the ground during a recent traffic stop. KFOR’s Adria Goins reports.
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Infowars auction could determine whether Alex Jones is kicked off its platforms
Conspiracy theory purveyor Infowars and most of its assets are set to go on the auction block on Wednesday.
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Art network involving fake Banksy, Warhol and Picasso paintings uncovered in Italy
The operation uncovered a network of forgers in Spain, France and Belgium who produced the works, said Eurojust, the European Union agency for judicial cooperation.
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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 45 days in prison for probation violations
Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in prison by a federal judge who said repeated violations of his probation after his cooperation against a violent gang won him leniency in a criminal case show that he doesn’t have sufficient respect for judicial system rules.
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Loyal dog helped solve owner's grisly murder as cousin jailed for life
A loyal dog that refused to leave his dead owner’s side helped solve the case of her murder by allowing detectives to identify her body, prosecutors said.
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Man arrested in killing that was falsely blamed on bear
A man accused of murder after a 911 call about a fake bear attack in the mountains of Tennessee led authorities to a dead man in October has been found and arrested, police said Sunday, NBC News reported.
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Delphi murder verdict: Richard Allen found guilty in 2017 killings of 2 Indiana teens
The jury, which has been requested for 26 days, deliberated for 19.5 hours, WTHR said. Allen is expected to be sentenced Dec. 20.
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Delphi murder trial: Jury reaches verdict in Indiana case
The jury in the trial of an Indiana man charged with murder in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike near their small hometown of Delphi has reached a verdict after days of deliberations.