Crime
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Murder trial begins for Karmelo Anthony, Texas teen accused of stabbing competitor at track meet
Karmelo Anthony, who is now 19, faces up to a life in prison if convicted in the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf who was stabbed at a high school track meet in April 2025.
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NYC investigating groups entering, emerging from municipal sewers
There have so far been no confirmed injuries or arrests.
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FBI agents fatally shoot man holding hostages in Bakersfield, California office building
The 12-hour standoff began Tuesday when police responded to a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield.
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Trump administration brings back firing squad for federal executions
The moves come as part of an effort, the department explained in the announcement, to "deter the most barbaric crimes" and deliver justice for the victims and their survivors.
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New Orleans heightens security at Jazz Festival after police foil plot for mass shooting in city
City officials says additional concrete barriers will be installed to strengthen perimeter security.
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Teens charged after FBI says plot targeting Houston synagogue, school foiled
Arrests made after multistate investigation involving the FBI in North Carolina and Texas.
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Former police officer arrested for allegedly plotting mass shooting at New Orleans festival
Investigators say he was planning to travel to a festival in New Orleans to carry out a mass shooting, which was to end by "suicide by cop."
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ICE arrest alleged MS-13 member who is charged with aggravated homicide in El Salvador
El Salvadoran authorities charged Morales-Mejia with aggravated homicide and illicit associations in October 2013. It's unclear when and where she entered the U.S., but she wasn't admitted legally, according to ICE.
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Illegal immigrant sentenced to 3 years in prison for stealing Kristi Noem's Gucci bag, wire fraud
Chilean national Mario Bustamante Leiva also faces deportation at the completion of his prison term.
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El Salvador conducting mass trials on hundreds of MS-13 gang members accused of thousands of murders
One case involves the killing of 87 people in a single weekend in March 2022.
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Immigrant naturalized by Biden administration and convicted in slayings found dead in jail
Olaolukitan Adon-Abel, 26, was naturalized under the Biden administration when he served in the U.S. Navy. In April, he allegedly killed three people.
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Transgender parent, partner accused of kidnapping, flying child to Cuba for reassignment surgery
The child, who was born male, identified as a female child, which family members believe is due to manipulation by the child's father, who is accused of kidnapping the child and taking him to Cuba for sexual reassignment surgery.
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6 Americans among injured at shooting at tourist hot spot in Mexico
They found in the gunman's backpack "literature, images and handwritten manuscripts, all allegedly related to" the Columbine High School shooting, which also took place on April 20, in 1999.