Matt Delaney

D.C. boy, 11, arrested again on violent crime charges after robbery charges dropped

An 11-year-old D.C. boy whose robbery charges were dropped in June was arrested again on violent crime charges less than two weeks later, according to a news report.

July 20, 2023

San Francisco Walgreens chains up freezer section to deter shoplifting

Shoppers in San Francisco have seen convenience store products locked behind plastic cases, but now one Walgreens has gone as far as chaining its freezer doors shut.

July 19, 2023

Honduras to build remote island prison to jail gang leaders

Honduras plans to house its most feared criminals on an isolated island prison in the Caribbean Sea.

July 19, 2023

Sticky Note Bandit strikes again, notching 3rd Houston bank robbery in 2 weeks

The man known as the Sticky Note Bandit has now pulled off three heists in less than two weeks throughout the Houston area, according to federal authorities.

July 19, 2023

Cashless bail constitutional in Illinois, rules state Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's move to cashless bail is constitutional, clearing the way for a sweeping criminal justice law to take effect.

July 19, 2023

Australian sailor, dog rescued by Mexican fishermen after being lost at sea for months

An Australian sailor and his dog were rescued by a Mexican fishing boat after being lost at sea for the past three months.

July 18, 2023

Deadly shooting near Catholic University marks more violence around campus

A man was shot and killed Monday night just outside the District of Columbia's Catholic University amid a rash of violent crimes by the college this month.

July 18, 2023

Most millennials say misgendering people should be a crime: Poll

A plurality of millennials think it should be a criminal offense to use the wrong gender pronouns when speaking to a person, according to a poll.

July 18, 2023

Arizona woman hospitalized after gored by bison at Yellowstone Park

An Arizona woman was seriously injured Monday morning while being gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials.

July 18, 2023

Tucker Carlson’s Twitter show inks ad deal with conservative shopping app

Tucker Carlson's new Twitter series will be sponsored by a company that pitches itself as the conservative alternative to Amazon.

July 18, 2023

Three teens wounded in Times Square shooting

Three teenage boys were shot following an argument in Times Square late Monday night, according to New York City police.

July 18, 2023

Pamela Smith, first Black female D.C. police chief, takes over amid crime crisis

Pamela Smith was named Monday as the acting head of the Metropolitan Police Department by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, making her the District's first Black woman to serve as chief of police.

July 17, 2023

Country singer Jason Aldean bows out of concert early over heat exhaustion

Country music star Jason Aldean cut short a Saturday concert in Connecticut due to a heat-related illness.

July 17, 2023

2 teens caught separately vandalizing Colosseum, could face steep fine

Two teenagers were caught separately defacing Rome's Colosseum in the past week, less than a month after a British tourist was detained for doing the same.

July 17, 2023

‘Sticky Note Bandit’ robs 3 Houston banks while dressed as woman, FBI says

The FBI is searching for a Houston-area bank robber who authorities have dubbed the "Sticky Note Bandit."

July 17, 2023

Six arrested in string of retail thefts in Maryland

Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said last week they arrested six D.C. residents in connection with a series of retail store thefts that took place in Rockville and Bethesda.

July 16, 2023

Passenger crash-lands small plane near Martha’s Vineyard after pilot suffers medical emergency

A passenger took control of a small plane and guided it to a crash landing Saturday in Massachusetts after the pilot suffered a medical emergency, authorities said.

July 16, 2023

Florida teen mother charged with putting fatal fentanyl dose in baby’s bottle

Police in Florida have arrested a teen mother and accused her of killing her infant by feeding fentanyl-laced formula to the baby.

July 16, 2023

Pennsylvania murder suspect is captured 9 days after escaping from county jail

Police in Pennsylvania captured on Saturday a murder suspect who had escaped from a county jail nine days earlier.

July 16, 2023

D.C. judges passed on opportunities to imprison ex-con accused in Catholic University killing

Despite frequent arrests and recommendations by prosecutors that the man accused of shooting and killing a Kentucky teacher on Catholic University's campus last week be locked up, D.C. judges repeatedly returned the 22-year-old felon to the streets of the nation's capital.

July 13, 2023