'America is sick of this': Democrats renew call for tighter gun laws after West Texas shootings
Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates renewed their calls for tougher gun legislation after 24 people were shot, five of them fatally, during a series of shootings in West Texas.
At least 24 shot, 5 killed in West Texas rampage, official says; suspect dead
At least 21 people were shot and five people were killed Saturday in a series of shootings in the area of Midland and Odessa, Texas, an Odessa city official told Fox News.
Maryland man sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in $20M Ponzi scheme
A Maryland man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of more than $20 million, the Justice Department announced this week.
Rep. John Shimkus becomes latest Republican lawmaker to retire from Congress
Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. announced Friday he will not run for re-election to Congress in 2020, becoming the 14th Republican this cycle to retire, resign or seek another office.
New York man accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attack in Queens
A Queens man was arrested Thursday and accused of plotting a terrorist attack with a knife on behalf of the ISIS terror group, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Amazon's Ring gave police statistics about users who refused law enforcement requests
Ring, the home security company owned by Amazon, tracked how users responded to law enforcement requests for footage captured by its doorbell video devices and gave overviews to police departments when requested to do so.
California appeals court overturns sole conviction in Kate Steinle death
A California state appeals court Friday overturned the lone conviction against an undocumented immigrant who shot and killed Kate Steinle on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015.
Lawsuit by families of Charleston church shooting victims can proceed: court
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lawsuit against the federal government over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to purchase a handgun that he used to kill nine people at a historically black church in Charleston can go forward.
Trump says personal assistant was ‘drinking’ when she made 'hurtful' comments
President Trump on Friday expressed disappointment over what he described as the “unfortunate” departure this week of his personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout over "hurtful" comments she made to reporters at a recent off-the-record gathering.
Coast Guardsman, 19, charged with murdering fellow seaman in Alaska
A 19-year-old Coast Guardsman has been arrested and charged with murdering a fellow seaman in Alaska this past January, the Coast Guard announced Thursday.
Census Bureau abruptly ends just-announced partnership with Muslim advocacy group CAIR
The Commerce Department on Thursday terminated its just-announced planned partnership with the nation's largest Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, after Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" asked the Trump administration about CAIR's reported past links to the terrorist group Hamas.
Terrapin turtle trafficker gets 6 months in prison -- and he'll have to shell out $250G
A Pennsylvania man will have to shell out $250,000 and spend six months behind bars for illegally trafficking thousands of threatened diamondback terrapin turtles.
First Amendment group asks AOC to unblock Twitter users with opposing views
A First Amendment group is asking U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to unblock Twitter users she has blocked because of their differing political positions.
Ilhan Omar says questions about alleged affair, misuse of campaign funds are 'stupid'
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., dismissed what she called “stupid questions” from reporters on Wednesday about allegations she misused campaign funds to illegally reimburse her purported paramour for personal travel expenses.
Palestinian Harvard freshman, 17, allegedly blocked from entering US over friends' social media posts
Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student living in Lebanon had big plans to study medicine this fall at Harvard University but claims he was blocked from entering America because of his friends' social media posts.
Three Hamas policemen killed in rare attacks with Gaza in 'state of alert'
Gaza’s interior ministry said Wednesday arrests have been made in a pair of coordinated bombings that killed three Hamas policemen at Gaza City checkpoints the previous night.
North Carolina college student studied mass shootings, kept guns in dorm, prosecutors say
A North Carolina university student who studied mass shootings planned to shoot himself and his roommate if he didn't get accepted to a fraternity, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Maryland man accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attack near DC is indicted
A 28-year-old Maryland man accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack at a tourist site near Washington, D.C., with a U-Haul truck was indicted Wednesday on a terrorism-related charge, the Justice Department announced.
Doorbell-cam company Ring partners with 405 police agencies across US to share footage, fight crime
Amazon's doorbell-camera company Ring has partnered with more than 400 law enforcement agencies across the country to give them potential access to video footage from outside homes, a new initiative that's triggered red flags from privacy advocates.