US Justice Department plans gun rights office within civil rights unit
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Mexico's lower house of congress approved a bill on Tuesday to prevent, investigate and punish extortion with prison terms of up to 42 years.
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The officials arrived at the secret CIA archival facility in the Washington area one morning in
November 25, 2025
President Donald Trump offered support to FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday, after news outlet MS NOW reported that Trump was
November 25, 2025
South Korea's special prosecutor on Wednesday sought a 15-year jail term for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on allegations he abetted ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol's
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November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Hundreds of women have marched through Mexico City's streets to protest violence against women
November 26, 2025
Authorities have intensified a security crackdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir following a deadly blast near New Delhi's Red Fort
November 26, 2025
A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases
November 26, 2025
In addition to pardoning two North Carolina turkeys at the annual White House ceremony, President Donald Trump discussed his crime-fighting efforts in Washington, D.C., claiming that it’s been six months since the city has seen a murder
November 25, 2025
Seven members of a left-wing group designated as a terrorist organisation by the U.S. government went on trial in Germany on Tuesday for charges including attempted murder
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Investigators in Ukraine could bring new charges in a sweeping probe into high-level graft that has fuelled the country's worst wartime political crisis, the country's
November 25, 2025
Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country's Alawite minority,
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The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to start serving his sentence on Tuesday, a court document showed.
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Twenty-four girls who were abducted from a government boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, the state governor's media aide said on
November 25, 2025
Missing Virginia football coach is wanted on child pornography and other charges, police say
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection next year, setting the stage for the heavily Democratic city's first
November 25, 2025
Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot
November 25, 2025
Belarusian politician Mikola Statkevich, who was freed from prison in a U.S.-brokered deal but refused to leave his native country, has been returned to prison
November 25, 2025
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department
November 24, 2025
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November 25, 2025
The man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services has died in federal custody
November 26, 2025
The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the facility’s heating system
November 25, 2025
Uncertainty grips US attorney’s office in Virginia after judge tosses James Comey and Letitia James cases
November 25, 2025
A federal judge has given the Justice Department a day to say what materials it plans to make publicly available from the file it built to prosecute Ghislaine Maxwell in the sex trafficking case brought against her after financier Jeffrey Epstein died
November 25, 2025
Israel says it has received human remains that Palestinian militants handed over to the Red Cross, but it is not immediately clear if they are one of three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip
November 25, 2025
The Christian Association of Nigeria has reported more than 300 students were abducted from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria, some as young as ten years old. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.
November 25, 2025
Two dozen schoolgirls freed after kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria last week
November 25, 2025
Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday, officials said, killing seven people, wounding 21,
November 25, 2025
The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall U.S.
November 24, 2025
Bolsonaro ordered to begin serving 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Lindsey Halligan, a close ally of President Donald Trump, went before a grand jury in late September seeking criminal charges against a high-profile target:
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
A notorious 1979 missing-child case will go to trial for a third time in New York City
November 25, 2025
Rep. Eric Swalwell alleges in new lawsuit that Bill Pulte abused database access to gin up mortgage fraud claims
November 25, 2025
The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Top U.S. military officials are meeting leaders of Caribbean nations this week as the Trump administration has escalated its firepower in the region as part of what it calls a campaign against drug trafficking
November 25, 2025
'Jackpotting': ATMs rigged to spit out cash in Salina
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November 24, 2025
A federal lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses the Trump administration’s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private mortgage records belonging to Swalwell and other Democratic critics of the Republican president
November 25, 2025
Nigeria's president says that all 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued
November 25, 2025
FBI seeking to schedule interviews with Democratic lawmakers in controversial video
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth grade classmate to please horror character Slender Man and then fled her group home won't fight extradition from Illinois
November 25, 2025
DLI student swept to sea at Soberanes Point identified by Monterey County Sheriff's Office
November 25, 2025
A person suspected of being the fourth member of the main gang that robbed the Louvre last month has been arrested, reported Le Parisien paper on Tuesday.
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Romanian and German NATO fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday near Romania's border with Ukraine to respond to a drone incursion that penetrated deeper than ever into Romanian
November 25, 2025
Afghanistan's Taliban administration said on Tuesday that nine children and a woman were killed in Pakistani air strikes and vowed to respond, ratcheting up tensions between the South Asian
November 25, 2025
Woman attacked by rabid bobcat
November 25, 2025
North Texas senior without food and water calls 911 for help amid growing crisis
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Decades-old murder solved after new analysis, investigators say
November 25, 2025
Witnesses urged to come forward after family attacked while leaving Square One Mall
November 25, 2025
Hundreds of gallons of home heating oil spilled in basement after delivery error
November 25, 2025
Mother demands action after a student lit her daughter's hair on fire at school
November 25, 2025
Police find dead body after radio station caller's tip
November 25, 2025
Italian man accused of dressing up as his dead mom to claim her pension
November 25, 2025
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of launching overnight strikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians
November 25, 2025
Inoperable pistols gifted by FBI Director Kash Patel to senior New Zealand security officials were revolvers inspired by toy Nerf guns and popular among 3D-printed weapons hobbyists
November 25, 2025
The Paris prosecutor has announced four more arrests in connection with the $102 million jewel heist at the Louvre Museum
November 25, 2025
The new owner of the Mississippi barn where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed is to be opened as a memorial site by 2030
November 25, 2025
Stolen community food pantry built by Girl Scouts has been returned
November 25, 2025
Man accused of shooting and killing his brothers at hunting cabin
November 25, 2025
‘Fortunate’ Indiana high school reflects on thwarted school attack
November 23, 2025
Four more suspects detained over Louvre jewel heist
November 25, 2025
The French prosecutor's office on Tuesday said it had opened an investigation on U.S.
November 25, 2025
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November 21, 2025
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court told judges on Tuesday that a suspected Seleka militia leader in the Central African Republic had complete control over a prison
November 25, 2025
Hackers working for Russian intelligence attacked an American engineering company this fall, seemingly because that firm had worked for a U.S. municipality with a sister city in Ukraine
November 25, 2025
Judge sentences Joshua Rocha to death by lethal injection in shooting of NKC officer Daniel Vasquez
November 25, 2025
More than 100 homes have been damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston
November 25, 2025
Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates' president, said on Tuesday the UAE welcomed U.S. efforts to end war in Sudan and condemned "atrocities"
November 25, 2025
The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that at least 127 civilians had been killed in Lebanon in strikes by the Israel military since a ceasefire nearly a year ago, and called
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Tensions flared between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Tuesday as the Taliban accused Pakistani forces of air strikes in eastern Afghanistan, which killed 9 children
November 25, 2025
A Singapore court has cleared the way for a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Standard Chartered Bank over its alleged role in 1MDB fraud, liquidators seeking to recover the funds
November 24, 2025
The head of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces said late on Monday that his paramilitaries would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce, after U.S.
November 24, 2025
A surge in militant attacks and instability in northern Nigeria is driving hunger to record levels, the U.N.
November 25, 2025
The United States' top military officer is visiting American troops in Puerto Rico and on a Navy warship in the region
November 24, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration has increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization
November 24, 2025
A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and Florida to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Everglades are getting adequate access to attorneys
November 24, 2025
San Francisco receiver Jauan Jennings responded to a cheap shot from Carolina safety Tre'Von Moehrig by throwing a punch after the final whistle
November 25, 2025
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, triggering fires in at least two residential buildings and killing one person, a senior official said.
November 25, 2025
Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video
November 24, 2025
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James
November 24, 2025
The Pentagon suggests it could recall U_S_ Sen_ Mark Kelly to active military duty for appearing in a video urging troops to defy “illegal orders.”
November 24, 2025
A football player at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is facing charges in what authorities describe as the stabbing of two teammates hours before a weekend home game
November 24, 2025
A lawsuit claims design flaws caused a Tesla Model 3 to accelerate uncontrollably before crashing into a utility pole and bursting into flames, killing Wendy Dennis and severely injuring her husband, Jeff
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Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers
November 24, 2025
Body and dash camera show a vehicle pursuit of Dallas Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland reached speeds of up to 160 mph
November 25, 2025
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November 24, 2025
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died on Monday at the age of 111, the city's mayor said.
November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025
A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests
November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen_ Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U_S_ troops to defy “illegal orders.”
November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025
Victims of Hamas' October 2023 attack on Israel sued Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao, accusing them of facilitating millions of dollars in payments to the group
November 24, 2025
Georgia offensive lineman Nyier Daniels has been dismissed from the football team following his arrest on multiple charges resulting from a high-speed police chase
November 24, 2025
She lost her son to gun violence. Now she’s part of a movement credited with Baltimore’s crime drop
November 24, 2025
Federal judge dismisses indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, saying Lindsey Halligan appointment was unlawful
November 24, 2025
The Justice Department has renewed its request to unseal transcripts of grand jury proceedings that led to sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
November 24, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials sought to narrow the gaps between them on Monday over a plan to end the war in Ukraine, after
November 24, 2025
Comcast will pay a $1.5 million fine after a vendor breach exposed personal data from 237,000 current and former customers, the Federal Communications Commission said on Monday.
November 24, 2025
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player
November 24, 2025
Keisha Lance Bottoms is bidding to become the first former Atlanta mayor to be elected governor of Georgia
November 24, 2025
Authorities say a Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home
November 24, 2025
Justice Department renews request for NY judges to release Epstein-related grand jury transcripts
November 24, 2025
Convicted murderer sentenced to additional prison time after killing inmate in prison
November 24, 2025
A coalition of 25 state attorneys general on Monday wrote to Shopify requesting the platform pull its hosting services from websites selling vapes illegally, according to a letter from
November 24, 2025
The United States on Monday formally designated Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, layering additional terrorism-related
November 24, 2025
Parents of Gabby Petito and Dylan Rounds unite to boost public safety, train officers in east Idaho
November 24, 2025
Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to close aid effort
November 24, 2025
Priest accused of attacking woman after argument during donation drop-off at church, records show
November 24, 2025
13-year-old boy killed in e-bike crash identified as middle school student
November 24, 2025
Home destroyed after possible gas explosion overnight
November 24, 2025
Community rallies for justice after alleged hate crime attack
November 24, 2025
Family wants school para-pro fired after assault conviction in road rage incident
November 24, 2025
Middle schooler recounts terrifying incident when student pulled out knife
November 24, 2025
President Donald Trump has pledged to end temporary legal protections for Somalis in Minnesota, sparking fear in the state's immigrant community
November 22, 2025
A Michigan veterinarian will serve 10 days in jail for refusing to return a dog to a homeless man after finding the ailing pit bull mix tied to a truck
November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025
Search and recovery enters day 2 for man swept into ocean
November 24, 2025
Sheriff’s office detonated an unexploded military phosphorus flare
November 24, 2025
Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigating illegal killing of mountain lion
November 24, 2025
Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty to crimes stemming from alleged poker scheme
November 24, 2025
Man accused of abandoning 52 snakes after being fired
November 24, 2025
New Hampshire bands together to help family find lost dog
November 24, 2025
Police take 'The Grinch' into custody after attempt to end Christmas, 'steal' ambulance
November 24, 2025
Officer's act of kindness helps family after car fire
November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025
Trafigura's former head nickel trader denied allegations by Indian businessman Prateek Gupta on Monday in a London trial that he helped devise a $600 million fraud to
November 24, 2025
Bride pulls over on the side of the road, in her wedding dress to help crash victim
November 24, 2025
Fire teams in Israel rescued a teenager who was stuck dangling for seven hours from a crane hanging 36 stories high above Jerusalem
November 24, 2025
'My heart is here': After tough journey navigating lung cancer, officer returns to full duty
November 24, 2025
Family of man found dead on golf course wants answers
November 24, 2025
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has summoned the Israeli ambassador over a post by Yad Vashem
November 24, 2025