James Bulger's killer Jon Venables' fight to keep his identity a secret has cost taxpayers more than $82,000
36-year-old Venables has now cost the public more than $400,000 in court cases alone since 2-year-old James Bulger was tortured and killed in 1993
May 27, 2019
65-year-old California man dies after shark 'ripped off his left leg' while swimming off the coast of Maui
The authorities had posted signs in the Ka'anapali Beach Park area on Maui that warns beachgoers of a shark. The man was swimming about 60 yards from shore when the attack happened, according to authorities.
May 27, 2019
Attacks on places of worship by 'homegrown, self-radicalized actors' will continue, says FBI assistant director
Attacks on places of worship have gained international recognition as acts of terrorism following the NZ mosque shooting, the Sri Lanka Easter bombings, and the Cali synagogue shooting
May 24, 2019
'Echo in the Canyon' chronicles the birth of the iconic California Sound in the Mecca of folk-rock music
Legendary bands such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, and The Mamas & The Papas, and numerous other artists wrote some of the greatest music while soaking in the bohemian vibe in the canyon
May 24, 2019
Disney World employee who tried to lure 8-year-old girl to Orlando hotel for sex arrested in undercover operation
Prosecutors said Frederick M. Pohl Jr. was charged with transferring obscene material to a minor and attempting to entice a minor in a release from the Department of Justice
May 24, 2019
Amber Alert issued for 1-year-old girl from Chattanooga after she was reportedly taken by a man at a traffic stop
23-month-old Octavia Shaw was snatched by 37-year-old Matias Martinez, who fled on foot with the toddler after a traffic stop on Boy Scout Road
May 24, 2019
Border Patrol agent called migrants 'mindless murdering savages' and even hit a man with his truck, court documents say
Agent Matthew Bowen was indicted by a federal grand jury in May last year on charges that he deprived a Guatemalan man of his civil rights
May 23, 2019
'Violent tornado' hits Jefferson City after it left three people dead and several injured in Missouri
The National Weather Service warned residents living in the area of a 'violent tornado' and urged them to seek out shelter immediately.
May 23, 2019
New York City will be under water in 100 years, experts issue stark warning as sea level rise speeds up
The study says that sea levels will probably rise much faster than was estimated earlier because of the increased rate with which the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting
May 23, 2019
Dead, buried, and growing: How human composting could be a game-changer for the funeral industry
Recompose, a Seattle-based firm is the first to have developed a system that is able to transform a body into soil in about a month. It has come into focus after the state of Washington signed a bill to legalize human composting on May 22.
May 23, 2019
After transgender woman's murder in Dallas, cops investigate rise in transgender killings in the last seven months
The Dallas Police will be holding a LGBTQ town hall on Thursday, May 23, as part of the department's outreach to the LGBTQ community
May 22, 2019
DEA takedown San Diego meth trafficking ring with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel after a year-long investigation
The joint Narcotics Task Force of the DEA executed more than a dozen search warrants on Tuesday, May 21, as part of a coordinated takedown that ended in the arrests of 32 defendants
May 22, 2019
Florida teacher arrested for bringing loaded gun, two knives in her backpack and leaving it in her classroom
Betty Soto was carrying a Glock 9mm handgun that was loaded with seven rounds of ammunition, a six-inch fighting knife, and a two-inch finger knife inside her backpack. She left her backpack in class where fourth grade students were present.
May 22, 2019
Organizations like Texas EquuSearch play an important role in locating missing persons especially in cases like Maleah Davis' abduction
Texas EquuSearch has been working very closely with the Houston Police Department in the desperate hunt for missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis. While the search has been suspended now, their concentrated searches in rural areas helps law enforcement explore other leads
May 22, 2019
Maleah Davis case: Stepfather's story doesn't add up, chances of finding the 4-year-old alive slim, says former detective
The man still remains locked up at Harris County jail for allegedly tampering with a human corpse in connection to the missing child
May 21, 2019
NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere had plans to build dungeon to cage women and to exploit them as his 'sex slaves'
During Raniere's trial, a former member of DOS, the sex slave group, read excerpts from a manual which was allegedly written by Allison Mack and Raniere and had been given to the women. A part of it read: 'Your sole highest desire must be to further your Master'
May 21, 2019
Great white shark tracked to Long Island Sound for the first time as researchers say it may have been following bait fish
The shark, which has been named Cabot, was seen on Monday morning off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut
May 21, 2019
Oklahoma and Texas at 'high-risk' as severe storms, violent tornadoes sweep across Southern Plains
The National Weather Service also confirmed that there were at least two "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes in Monday, May 20
May 21, 2019
Technology helping law enforcement close cases more effectively now, says former detective
Former NYPD detective Bo Dietl also said that the popularity of genealogy websites has certainly helped close a lot of cold cases
May 20, 2019
Roe v. Wade: Abortion bans are an 'unabashed effort' to force Supreme Court to revisit 1973 ruling, says expert
The ruling made abortions legal in multiple circumstances and states that a woman's right to privacy extended to the fetus/unborn child she was carrying
May 20, 2019