Matt Delaney

Son-in-law of cartel leader arrested in California, years after faking his death

U.S. authorities arrested and charged a prolific drug trafficker and son-in-law of a Mexican cartel leader this week in California, years after the suspect faked his own death and went into hiding.

November 21, 2024

Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett’s conviction

Illinois' highest court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction of lying to Chicago police after he staged a phony hate crime six years ago.

November 21, 2024

Venezuelan gang member exposes himself to Manhattan prosecutor during robbery

A suspected Venezuelan gang member was arrested in Manhattan this week after cops said he robbed a city prosecutor who caught him touching himself in her apartment building.

November 21, 2024

Venezuelan gangster convicted of murder, gets life in prison for killing Georgia student Laken Riley

A Georgia judge on Wednesday sentenced a Venezuelan gang member to life in prison for the murder of nursing student Laken Riley, whose killing ignited a political firestorm over America's flimsy border policies that let dangerous migrants into the country illegally.

November 20, 2024

Honduran migrant charged in rape on Virginia running trail, has history of sex offenses

A Honduran man charged with raping a woman he attacked Monday on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail in Herndon, Virginia, is in the country illegally and was convicted of another sex crime just last week.

November 20, 2024

Tren de Aragua gang, known for trafficking people and targeting police, infiltrates D.C. region

The Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua is setting up shop in the U.S. capital, according to an internal Homeland Security memo.

November 19, 2024

Virginia AG passes on chance to replace Youngkin as next Republican governor

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said Monday he will run for reelection next year, quieting speculation that the commonwealth's top prosecutor was weighing a bid to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

November 18, 2024

Reginald Brown murder: Teen girls convicted in beating death of elderly, disabled DC man

A D.C. judge ruled Monday two teenage girls were guilty of murdering a disabled man last year in Northwest, ending a tragic saga that started when a group of five juvenile girls went looking for a victim and then beat him to death out of boredom.

November 18, 2024

Jordan Neely died from former Marine’s chokehold, medical examiner testifies

The medical examiner who conducted Jordan Neely's autopsy testified Friday that the homeless man's lone cause of death was from the chokehold applied by Daniel Penny, a former Marine on trial for manslaughter after he subdued a menacing Neely aboard a Manhattan subway train last year.

November 17, 2024

Head of missing swimmer washes ashore near Miami

Miami Beach police confirmed Friday a human head that washed ashore earlier this week belonged to a teen swimmer who drowned while saving his younger sister from a rip current.

November 17, 2024

Parents say their son taken to hospital after he was bullied in Maryland elementary school bathroom

Parents from Charles County, Maryland, said their seven-year-old son was taken to the hospital after he was "hung" by an older student in an elementary school bathroom.

November 17, 2024

Police: Blue Origin employee hacked dad to death with ax on election night in ‘act of liberation’

Seattle police arrested a lesbian who works for Jeff Bezos' spacecraft company after she was accused of killing her elderly father in an election night rampage.

November 14, 2024

Migrant crime, violence in cities expected to be the focus for Trump’s new prosecutors

Look for the Trump administration's slate of new federal prosecutors to lead a nationwide crackdown on migrant criminals and to push for greater involvement in reining in big-city crime, especially in the District of Columbia, former federal prosecutors said.

November 14, 2024

Georgia mom arrested after 10-year-old son walks to nearby town alone

Police in Georgia arrested and handcuffed a mother in front of her children after her 10-year-old son left the family home to walk to a town less than a mile away.

November 14, 2024

Trial date set for D.C. Council member Trayon White’s trial on federal bribery charges

A federal judge said Wednesday that D.C. Council member Trayon White's trial on bribery charges will begin Jan. 12, 2026.

November 13, 2024

Left-leaning ‘resistance’ told to leave DOJ now; Trump aims to oust saboteurs of ambitious agenda

The incoming Trump administration has a message for left-leaning Justice Department employees hoping to block or interfere with the new president's agenda: Get out.

November 12, 2024

Ex-NFL coach Jack Del Rio to resign from Wisconsin role after drunk driving arrest

Former NFL coach Jack Del Rio will part ways with the University of Wisconsin's football team after he was arrested last week on a drunk driving charge.

November 11, 2024

Jewish restaurant in D.C. vandalized on Kristallnacht anniversary raises antisemitic suspicions

Someone smashed the windows of a kosher restaurant in the District over the weekend in what the owner is calling an antisemitic attack, noting the vandalism occurred on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

November 11, 2024

Long Island son wanted after being linked to dad’s fatal stabbing

Police said they are looking for a 23-year-old New York man who is accused of stabbing his father to death over the weekend at the family's Long Island home.

November 11, 2024

Missing Oregon nurse found dead in Budapest; Irishman charged in slaying

Hungarian authorities said a nurse from Portland, Oregon, was killed while vacationing in Budapest, and an Irishman has been arrested in connection to her slaying.

November 11, 2024