Feb 28 Illinois landlord found guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy By Sophia Tareen, Melissa Perez Winder, Associated Press Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen. Continue reading
Feb 18 A timeline of cultlike 'Zizian' group tied to killing of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont By Associated Press The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January and five other killings in three states. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 6:43 U.S. sees sharp decline in murders and other crimes in 2024 By William Brangham, Sam Lane, Sarah Clune Hartman The number of murders in the U.S. is declining at a rapid pace. While crime was a central focus of the election, with President-elect Trump alleging it was out of control in many cities, other crimes also saw declines. William… Continue watching
Dec 20 Indiana man sentenced to 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls By Rick Callahan, Associated Press Indianapolis (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's long cast a shadow… Continue reading
Dec 06 New clues emerge in hunt for gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO By Michael Balsamo, Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Investigators now believe the suspect may have traveled to New York last month on a bus that originated in Atlanta, a law enforcement official said. Continue reading
May 17 Watch 5:44 What led Texas governor to pardoning man convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester By Stephanie Sy, Jackson Hudgins Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in the summer of 2020. Daniel Perry was serving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Garrett Foster, an armed white man who was… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 8:01 Murder of Georgia student fuels heated debate over immigration policies By Amna Nawaz, Eliot Barnhart The murder of a college student in Georgia and the immigration status of her alleged killer have thrown new fuel into the heated debate over immigration and the government's policies. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Charis Kubrin, a professor of… Continue watching
Feb 27 2 men convicted of killing Jam Master Jay, decades after rap star's death By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, worked the turntables in Run-DMC as it helped hip-hop break into the pop music mainstream in the 1980s. Mizell was gunned down in his studio in front of witnesses on Oct. 30, 2002. Continue reading
Jan 23 New York man convicted of murdering woman who mistakenly pulled into his driveway By Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America A man was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York. Continue reading
Sep 28 Latest fight in the Alex Murdaugh case is over who controls the convicted murderer's assets By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh want the federal government to take over whatever is left of the millions of dollars and other assets the convicted murderer stole and earned through his legal work. Continue reading