crime & drugs
We spoke to the inmate in solitary who inspired a national strike against 'modern-day slave conditions'
On Sept. 9, an estimated 24,000 prisoners in 24 states began to engage in various work stoppages and hunger strikes designed to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the 1971 Attica Prison Riot.
The man who filmed NYPD officers choking Eric Garner to death is going to prison
Ramsey Orta shot the cell phone video that gave a movement its slogan, "I can't breathe." Now he's going to prison for selling heroin and gun possession.
Philippines President Duterte wants to 'slaughter' drug addicts like Hitler killed Jews
The brutal new leader of the Philippines just compared himself to Hitler, saying he would be "happy to slaughter" the country's estimated 3 million drug addicts.
Video shows police fatally shooting a 6-year-old autistic boy in the back of a car
A police chase in Marksville, Louisiana last November ended in the fatal shooting of Jeremy Mardis, who was riding in the back of his father's car.
The black man San Diego cops shot was holding a vape pen, not a gun
"The object that Mr. Olango drew from his pant pocket and pointed at the officer is a vape smoking device," police said.
South Carolina school shooting suspect allegedly murdered his father
Two students and one teacher were wounded in the shooting and a dead body was found nearby.
Murders in the US are up more than 10% – but that's not as bad as it sounds
2015 actually had the third-lowest murder rate of any year since 1991, when the rate stood at 9.8 murders for every 100,000 people
A huge amount of fentanyl is being seized at the Canadian border
Border officials have seizing an unprecedented number of packages containing the deadly synthetic opioid in the last four months, much of it postmarked from China.
The cop who killed Terence Crutcher is charged with manslaughter
Officer Betty Shelby has been charged with first-degree manslaughter for an incident that sparked nationwide outrage when video of it was made public.
Yahoo says 500 million users were hacked by 'state-sponsored actor'
The pioneering web company, in the verge of closing its $4.8 billion sale to Verizon, announced the breach after weeks of speculation
Why we've seen video of Tulsa's police shooting but not Charlotte's
Tulsa’s police chief felt he “had no choice” but to release the footage, while Charlotte’s says he’s still waiting “for a compelling reason.”
Yahoo hasn't told 200 million users their accounts were hacked
While Yahoo has yet to disclose it has been hacked, some Yahoo Mail users on Thursday are being forced to reset their passwords