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Ex-NBA player Damon Jones pleads guilty to wire fraud in $10M betting, poker schemes

Damon Jones, a former NBA player and coach, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to two counts of wire fraud conspiracy -- one tied to an insider betting scheme that exploited confidential NBA information and another involving rigged illegal poker games across the country, federal prosecutors announced. Combined losses in both cases exceed $10 million.

April 28, 2026

Alleged Guatemalan cartel leader ‘Don Dario’ arrested in San Diego

A man accused of leading a major transnational cocaine trafficking organization in Central America was arrested in San Diego and made his initial federal court appearance Friday, April 24, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California.

April 28, 2026

Washington has made $3 trillion in improper payments since 2003 — and admits it can’t stop

The federal government has made an estimated $3 trillion in improper payments since 2003. A new GAO report shows the problem is getting worse -- and Washington admits it has no reliable way to stop it.

April 28, 2026

LeVar Burton blasts PBS funding cuts, book banning

LeVar Burton used an appearance on ABC's "The View" this week to slam federal cuts to public broadcasting and what he called a national "problem with the truth," weaving pointed political commentary into a wide-ranging conversation about his decades in television.

April 28, 2026

Two Chinese nationals indicted in alleged plot to build industrial meth factory in New York

Two Chinese nationals were indicted on federal drug charges after allegedly spending nearly a year developing an industrial-scale methamphetamine production factory capable of producing 400 kilograms of the drug daily, federal prosecutors in New York announced.

April 28, 2026

Opossums fitted with GPS collars being used to track pythons in Florida Everglades

Florida wildlife researchers have found an unlikely ally in the battle against invasive Burmese pythons: the opossum.

April 28, 2026

D.C. woman gets 2 years for role in $20M money laundering scheme

A Washington, D.C., woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for her role in a multi-million-dollar money laundering scheme involving government agencies, schools, medical centers and other institutions across multiple states.

April 28, 2026

Apple’s third founder sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976. He has no regrets at 91

91-year-old Ronald Wayne is often called Apple's "forgotten founder," the third name on a partnership agreement signed alongside Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976, that formally established Apple Computer Company. Just 12 days after putting his signature on that document, Mr. Wayne walked away.

April 28, 2026

Louisiana soldier arrested for threatening to kill Jews at synagogue

A 22-year-old U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, has been charged by criminal complaint with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after allegedly telling users on the messaging platform Discord that he planned to attack a synagogue and kill Jewish people, federal prosecutors announced April 23, 2026.

April 28, 2026

Wren Kitchens shuts all U.S. stores, files for bankruptcy, leaving customers without answers

A British kitchen retailer that had built a footprint of 15 East Coast showrooms over five years abruptly shut every one of them last week, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation on Friday and closing all 15 brick-and-mortar locations along with its in-store Wren Kitchen Studios inside Home Depot branches.

April 28, 2026

Mia Farrow suggests Trump staged WHCD shooting to raise approval ratings

Actress Mia Farrow used the social media platform Bluesky to float the theory that the shooting at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner may have been orchestrated by President Trump to boost his poll numbers, drawing swift criticism.

April 28, 2026

Kimmel defends ‘expectant widow’ joke as Trump demands his firing

Jimmy Kimmel fired back Monday at President Trump and first lady Melania Trump after both called for his termination over a joke he made days before a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents' Dinner, touching off the first major controversy for Disney's new chief executive.

April 28, 2026

Jury convicts Virginia man who used rental car job to steal getaway vehicles

A federal jury convicted a Newport News man on multiple charges stemming from a string of bank and credit union robberies carried out over several weeks earlier this year, according to court records and evidence presented at trial.

April 27, 2026

5 questions about the Northern Ireland car-bomb attack

Police in Northern Ireland condemned a car-bomb attack in Dunmurry -- the second such incident in weeks.

April 27, 2026

DOJ charges Iranian man with smuggling migrants

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging an Iranian national with coordinating an alien smuggling operation that funneled primarily Iranian migrants into the United States through South and Central America, the Justice Department announced.

April 27, 2026

DOJ seeks to strip citizenship from physician convicted of child sex crimes

The Justice Department has filed a denaturalization action in the Southern District of New York against Hassan Sherjil Khan, a native of Pakistan who pleaded guilty to child sex crimes and is serving a 17-year prison sentence, the department announced.

April 27, 2026

Virginia’s gerrymander triggered a chain reaction — and Republicans are moving fast to answer it

Republicans could gain up to nine House seats through a wave of mid-decade redistricting. The Supreme Court just handed Texas a major win -- and Florida may be next.

April 27, 2026

TPS cases test limits of presidential power over immigration policy

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in cases challenging the Trump administration's efforts to end Temporary Protected Status for migrants from Haiti and Syria, in what could be a pivotal test of presidential power over immigration policy.

April 26, 2026

Winery tied to Ilhan Omar’s husband closes as Congress probes finances

A California winery co-owned by Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband was formally terminated last month, weeks after House Republicans opened an inquiry into a dramatic swing in the Minnesota Democrat's reported household wealth.

April 25, 2026

Al Gore invokes disaster film, warns of ice age within 25 years

Former Vice President Al Gore warned a Hollywood audience Thursday that a Gulf Stream collapse could occur within 25 years, remarks that came 20 years after his climate documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" drew criticism for predictions that did not bear out.

April 25, 2026