Joseph Brooks, 22, will spend the next 55 years behind bars for the murder of Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston, and he will serve every single day of it. Brooks pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced on Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, becoming the first of four defendants to...

Margaret Hanley, a 72-year-old Navy veteran who had been missing since Feb. 8, was found dead near Hinesville, Georgia, her body discovered by a hunter lying near her car in a heavily wooded area Saturday around 4 p.m. According to Military.com, Hanley had left her home in Jacksonville, Florida, and...

President Donald Trump has discussed replacing two more Cabinet members following his dismissal of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, according to two White House officials who spoke to The Washington Post. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are both repor...

A 32-year-old Walmart employee in Conway, Arkansas, was stabbed to death during a late-night shift by a man who later told police he believed he was killing a "demon." Jordanne Drinkwater died at the scene despite emergency aid from officers and medical personnel. The suspect, 37-year-old Zeddrick R...

Seven people were rushed to the hospital after gunfire erupted outside a Dickinson, Texas, lounge during an adult birthday party late last month, and the man now in custody was already barred from carrying a firearm. Patrick Frederick, 58, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapo...

Federal agents carrying guns descended on the homes of two Democratic sisters before sunrise on March 23, busting through a doorframe at one residence as part of a widening investigation into alleged bribes tied to migrant shelter funding in New York. The targets: Democratic City Councilwoman Farah ...

A 30-year-old New Orleans man who worked as a contributing programmer on the Roblox gaming platform now faces 197 new criminal counts, bringing his total charges to a staggering 237. Jamie Borne made his first court appearance on the new charges Thursday before Magistrate Judge Juana M. Lumbard in N...

Guy Rivera, the man who shot and killed NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop in Queens, walked away from the most serious charge against him on Wednesday. A jury found Rivera not guilty of first-degree murder but convicted him of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree, attempted...

Colton police officers chased a documented gang member for nearly 50 minutes Saturday morning before arresting him in a Redlands residential neighborhood after he crashed into a parked vehicle, authorities said. The driver, identified by police as Matthew Rodriguez, failed to stop when officers atte...

Christina Marie Plante, who disappeared at thirteen years old from Star Valley, Arizona, has been found alive. The Gila County Sheriff's Office confirmed her identity on Wednesday and officially resolved her missing-person status, closing one of the state's longest-running cold cases. She was thirte...