LA Post: Crime

Michigan man charged with threatening to kill FBI Director Kash Patel

October 31, 2026

Crime|Sports

Other women contacted police about previous incidents with Packers' Josh Jacobs after his arrest

The Hobart/Lawrence Police Department in Wisconsin has released records related to Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs' battery case that noted multiple other women had contacted them to detail allegations against him from years beforehand

October 31, 2026

Elderly couple loses life savings to scammer posing as FBI agent

October 31, 2026

Crime

Loved ones push for accountability after sanitation truck fatally strikes pedestrian in Brooklyn

October 31, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe

After Louvre heist and string of thefts, Europe's smaller museums are on guard

Two men wearing head torches climbed through a forced-open window at the Fondazione

October 31, 2026

Crime|Election

Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent

October 30, 2026

Trump administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan

President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, a US official and a coalition of veterans and advocacy

October 31, 2026

G20 photo scrapped amid tensions over Russian foreign minister’s presence

October 30, 2026

Court rejects Trump admin bid to block California vote count, cites disenfranchisement risk

A US appeals court said on Friday that blocking California from counting midterm election mail ballots received from more than 20,000 registered voters the Trump

October 30, 2026

Crime|Health

Christa Pike makes first public comments since botched execution: ‘Healing is not the same as being okay’

October 30, 2026

From death row to a botched execution and back: A timeline of Christa Pike’s case

October 23, 2026

Rival US and Russia resolutions on disputed Western Sahara are defeated in UN Security Council

Russia has vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution that would have supported Morocco’s demand for sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara

October 30, 2026

Crime|Election

In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of 'spoiler' candidates

President Donald Trump has called for the prosecution of a Democratic Senate candidate whose campaign reportedly put a man with the same name as Alaska's Republican senator on that state's ballot

October 30, 2026

Crime

Judge puts off decision in Comey case as prosecutors pursue new indictment against ex-FBI head

A federal judge has put off a decision on whether to dismiss a placeholder criminal case filed against former FBI Director James Comey, giving the Justice Department an opportunity to pursue an indictment over allegations of a decade-old news media leak

October 30, 2026

Arts|Crime|Interview

Christa Pike describes constant pain in first statement since her failed execution

Christa Pike says she is in constant pain since surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month

October 30, 2026

North Korean hackers linked to crypto thefts among world's best, experts say

North Korean hackers likely behind the record $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance are among the world's most prolific crypto thieves, and the

October 30, 2026

Brazil summons Argentine diplomat over role in Bolsonaro's flight to US, sources say

Brazil called in Argentina's highest diplomat in Brasilia to explain the Argentine government's role in the departure of Senator Flavio Bolsonaro to the US after losing

October 30, 2026

Arts|Crime|Interview|Science|Technology

Tennessee execution survivor says she is isolated, in constant pain

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, in her first statement after she survived a botched execution a month ago, said she was in constant physical and mental pain and largely

October 30, 2026

Grand jury issues indictment in ICE-related crash, Texas officials say

A Texas grand jury has indicted a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after he struck a man with his vehicle earlier this month, according to the Harris County District

October 30, 2026

Long accused of abetting crypto crimes, Binance has now become a victim

Binance and its billionaire founder have long been accused of profiting off crypto criminals

October 30, 2026

Arts|Crime

Suspect in killings of Oberlin professor, wife held on $3 million bond

An Oberlin College professor and his wife are dead, and the educator’s 31-year-old child is being held on a $3 million bond and facing murder charges in their deaths

October 30, 2026

Crime

House cleaners accused of stealing $14,000 in goods, locking owner out of Florida home

October 30, 2026

Crime|Economy|Finance|Technology|World

World’s largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world’s largest heist

October 30, 2026

Crime

911 calls capture panic after man shot in face in Cape Coral road rage attack

October 30, 2026

Crime|Education|US

New York state police to take over sexual assault complaints at Cornell University

New York state police will take over future sexual assault investigations at Cornell University, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday, in the latest fallout over

October 30, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment

Child dressed as Grim Reaper startles Florida neighbors

October 30, 2026

Tennessee prison escapee crossed state lines before prison officials alerted external law enforcement, district attorney says

October 28, 2026

Crime|World

Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling

The top Swiss court on Friday confirmed a guilty verdict against a Liberian warlord, upholding his 20 year sentence in the country's first ever war crimes

October 30, 2026

Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|Technology

Gone in 20 minutes: How the biggest heist in crypto history unfolded

Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record digital asset theft.

October 30, 2026

Crime|Europe|Political

Spanish police arrest suspected founder of 'Blocus' group linked to looting

Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested the suspected founder and main promoter of the local "Blocus" chapter, a group accused of using social media

October 30, 2026

Business|Crime|Finance|Technology|World

FBI and US Secret Service working with Binance after $6.3 billion hack, source says

Binance is working with law enforcement around the world, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Secret Service (USSS), after hackers

October 30, 2026

Vote Republican, or else: How Trump is dangling government help on the campaign trail

President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day

October 30, 2026

When US midterm results are contested, Congress has final say

Some of Tuesday’s US midterm races may take weeks to clear recounts and court challenges, but ultimately the Senate and House of Representatives decide

October 30, 2026

Crime|Europe

Slovak prosecutor reopens probe into fighter jet donation to Ukraine

Slovakia's top prosecutor ordered on Friday a new probe into the donation of MiG-29 fighter jets and air defence systems to Ukraine by the country's previous government, restarting

October 30, 2026

Hong Kong fire exposes entrenched triad networks in building renovation industry

A deadly fire at a Hong Kong housing estate has exposed how bid-rigging networks linked to criminal gangs exploited weaknesses in the city's lucrative

October 30, 2026

‘We just have to bother the crap out of these people’: How the GOP is confronting its voter enthusiasm deficit

October 30, 2026

Crime|Political|World

This mayor crusaded against cartels in Mexico. Now his assassination haunts his city

Mayor Grecia Quiroz navigates the streets of Uruapan with heavy security, nearly a year after her partner, Carlos Manzo, was assassinated

October 30, 2026

First body retrieved from Kenyan collapsed building after weeklong search

The first body has been recovered from the rubble of a multistory building that collapsed a week ago in Kenya’s capital, with the number of people still missing standing at 16

October 30, 2026

Arts|Crime

Greece arrests three over explosion that killed six people in Athens

Greece has arrested two Greek men and an Albanian national suspected of stealing copper gas pipes from a building, causing a leak that led to a deadly explosion in central

October 30, 2026

Arts|Business|Crime|Economy|Travel

3 killed in helicopter collision that shut down part of an Oregon highway

Authorities say two helicopters collided and crashed near a small airport southwest of Portland, Oregon, killing all three on board

October 29, 2026

Arts|Crime|Interview|Opinion

The police said Sandra Birchmore's death was a suicide. Then the FBI accused a cop of murder

A former Massachusetts police detective is being tried on charges that he killed a pregnant woman to hide that he had begun sexually abusing her when she was 15

October 30, 2026

Arts|Crime|Political|World

Nigerian families and survivors seek justice over miners' deaths

Families of 37 artisinal miners who died in custody in Nigeria want swift justice and the return of property seized during their arrest,

October 30, 2026

ASEAN envoy meets Myanmar minister, discusses civil war and aid access

The Southeast Asian bloc's special envoy met Myanmar's foreign minister during a visit to the country and discussed its civil war and humanitarian access, according to official

October 30, 2026

Pittsburgh woman says she was sexually assaulted on United Airlines flight to Chicago

October 30, 2026

Australia|Crime

Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson loses appeal bid

An Australian woman convicted of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms lost an attempt on Friday to

October 29, 2026

Justice Department subpoenas California officials in escalation of its scrutiny of elections

The U.S. Justice Department has issued subpoenas to California officials in an escalation of its scrutiny of local election administration

October 29, 2026

Australia|Crime

Mushroom killer to be jailed for life after appeals court finds sentence too light

October 29, 2026

Crime

El Salvador frees ex-President Saca after 10-year corruption sentence

Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca, a former Salvadoran president imprisoned for corruption, was released on Thursday, his lawyer said, standing alongside

October 29, 2026

Judge presses the Trump administration for details on its campaign to stop noncitizens from voting

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to identify any state or local officials who received letters seeking their compliance with the government’s efforts to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in the midterm election

October 29, 2026

Crime|Education|Political|US

Judge sharply questions lawyers over request to remove Letitia James from Cornell sex assault investigation

October 29, 2026

Crime|World

Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators

An Egyptian man has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and other charges for a deadly firebombing attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, last year

October 29, 2026

Police chief says shooting outside Virginia GOP offices has nothing to do with election

Police say a shooting outside the Republican Party of Virginia offices in Richmond Thursday is unrelated to the upcoming midterm elections

October 29, 2026

Yemen's hospitals buckle as fighting escalates

In a hospital in Yemen's Taiz, a 25-year-old pregnant mother of two lay immobilised after a bullet lodged in her spine while she was trapped inside her home without food or

October 29, 2026

Crime|Technology

Hackers claim leak of sensitive details on thousands of DHS workers

October 29, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Finance|World

Man who fled from Volusia deputies, bailed out of vehicle and 'fought' K-9 taken into custody, sheriff's office says

October 29, 2026

Macron accuses French far right of fomenting spread of racism

President Emmanuel Macron has accused far-right politicians including in Marine Le Pen's National Rally of fostering an "atmosphere of

October 29, 2026

Hong Kong's housing minister resigns after fire investigation finds inadequate oversight

Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight

October 29, 2026

Arts|Crime|Environment

Who is to blame for Hong Kong's deadly 2025 fire?

An independent Hong Kong committee blamed a renovation contractor and consultant as well as four government departments for a deadly blaze that killed 168 people in the

October 29, 2026

Trump touts projects and payouts on the campaign trail. Many are uncertain

US President Donald Trump has touted billions of dollars in new factories, energy projects and jobs while campaigning for Republicans

October 29, 2026

As criminal networks spread in Latin America, Quito is new battleground

For years, the neighborhood watch group in the working-class area of Solanda in Ecuadorean capital Quito had patrolled their nighttime streets armed

October 29, 2026

Crime|Europe|Health|World

Girl, 8, injured in wolf attack at German zoo

October 29, 2026

Crime|Education

NC State fraternity under investigation for hazing allegations

October 29, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Science

‘She could have gotten away with’ murder: The dangerous science behind the Queen of Crime

October 29, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Interview

A serial killer, an obsessed cop and an undercover FBI agent. Welcome to Apple's 'Nocturne'

Stephen Graham dives into the mind of a serial killer for his role in the new Apple TV series “Nocturne.”

October 29, 2026

Crime|Election

Why Trump’s big claims of voter fraud have yielded so few prosecutions

October 29, 2026

Crime

Chicago-area Hindu community shaken but resilient after alleged mass shooting plan was thwarted

A thwarted mass shooting at a Hindu temple near Chicago is stoking new fears for the area’s South Asian community, tainting a typically joyful season of faith and family gatherings

October 29, 2026

Judge denies federal request to segregate California ballots, says it would 'wreak havoc' on voting

A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people

October 28, 2026

Crime

El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed

El Salvador will send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to rescue missing personnel and support anti-gang security

October 29, 2026

Judge says Trump bid to set aside California ballots would ‘wreak havoc’ on democracy

A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily

October 28, 2026

Arts|Business|Crime|Education|Health

Cornell faculty to move forward with no-confidence vote over handling of sexual assault allegations

Cornell University faculty have voted against delaying a proposed no-confidence resolution in the university’s administration until an independent investigation into its handling of sexual assault allegations is completed

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|Technology

Utah charges Kalshi and its founders, escalating a fight over who can regulate prediction markets

Utah is pursuing criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two executives, after a federal judge rejected Kalshi’s effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its anti-gambling laws against the activity

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|Election

Trump's Justice Department pushes a spate of politically sensitive cases as midterm elections near

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has been scrambling before the midterm election with a blitz of headline-making actions and cases that some critics say reeks of politics

October 28, 2026

Crime|Political|Sports|Technology

Utah criminally charges Kalshi with promoting illegal gambling

Utah's attorney general brought criminal charges against Kalshi and two of its top executives, accusing the prediction market platform of illegally promoting online

October 28, 2026

Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud

A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

October 28, 2026

Young boy rescued after falling into septic pipe

October 28, 2026

Alvin Hellerstein, federal judge who oversaw Trump, Maduro and September 11 cases, dies at 92

Alvin Hellerstein, a senior federal judge who oversaw many high-profile cases in nearly three decades on the bench, including matters involving US

October 28, 2026

Inmate's escape is just the latest problem for Tennessee's troubled prison system

The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed execution of Christa Pike

October 28, 2026

Crime|Election|Political

Flávio Bolsonaro says he will lead Brazil’s opposition in exile, after landing in US following election defeat

October 27, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

South Carolina police close investigation into Hayden Panettiere's death after coroner's ruling

Police in South Carolina say they have closed their investigation into the overdose death of actor Hayden Panettiere following a coroner’s findings that it was accidental

October 28, 2026

Suspects in alleged school shooting plot in Georgia had floor plan, had chosen a date, warrants say

Authorities say that the suspects in an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had a floor plan of the school and had chosen a date

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|Interview

In Ukraine's Kherson, brief ceasefire brings rare respite

Years of near-daily Russian drone and artillery attacks have turned the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson into a battered urban landscape where

October 28, 2026

Police seek to identify person of interest involved in fleeing e-bike investigation, police say

October 28, 2026

Crime

Man pushed into river, struck with pipe and BB gun in Pajaro attempted murder

October 28, 2026

Crime

Car crashes into City of Pittsburgh garage in Strip District, gets stuck under hoist

October 28, 2026

Business|Crime|Economy|Technology

US consumer watchdog's information security 'not effective,' watchdog finds

The top US agency for consumer financial protection is not adequately protecting databases with large volumes of sensitive consumer and business

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|World

Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, found guilty of harassing British journalists

The far-right British activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who is better known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson, has been found guilty of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear being subjected to violence

October 28, 2026

Business|Crime|Interview|Lifestyle

More former law enforcement and military personnel are turning to cannabis transport careers

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|World

Spain train crash kills at least 68 as witnesses describe devastating scenes

October 28, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Russell Brand denies all charges as he takes the stand at his rape and sex assault trial

Russell Brand says allegations of sexual misconduct have had a “devastating” impact on his life

October 28, 2026

A ceasefire in a Ukrainian city is holding, officials say, as Moscow and Kyiv await US-led talks

Officials say that a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine has held for its first day and night

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|World

UK anti-Islam activist Robinson convicted of harassing two journalists

British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, was on Wednesday convicted of harassing two journalists during nationwide rioting two

October 28, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Russell Brand says friends abandoned him after 'devastating' sex crime allegations

British comedian and actor Russell Brand, on trial for a string of alleged historical sex offences, told a court on Wednesday that he had dedicated his

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime|MidEast|World

Houthis strike Yemen's Aden airport after evacuation warning

Yemen's Houthis attacked Aden airport on Wednesday, Yemeni government forces said, after the Iran-aligned group warned people to evacuate the facility as fighting

October 28, 2026

Crime

Ohio man convicted in US of lying about role in Rwandan genocide

A Rwandan-born Ohio man has been convicted of US charges that he lied during a 2019 criminal trial as part of a decades-long scheme to conceal his

October 28, 2026

Crime

Dashcam video shows truck crash into tree in Massachusetts, narrowly missing delivery driver

October 28, 2026

Crime|Europe

Italian judge frees protest suspect, prompting Meloni fury

An Italian judge has ordered the release of a university researcher accused by police of helping orchestrate violent protests this month, infuriating Prime Minister Giorgia

October 28, 2026

Why over two-thirds of Americans say their country is in decline

A recent national survey reveals a US electorate that is unsettled, gloomy and likely looking for political change.

October 28, 2026

Crime|Economy|Europe

Hungary carries out dawn raids over COVID-era purchase of 17,000 ventilators

Hungary's tax authority has raided several locations and made arrests in an investigation into COVID-era medical mask and ventilator procurement by the Foreign Ministry.

October 28, 2026

Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

California appeals court upholds actor Danny Masterson's rape convictions

A California appeals court has upheld actor Danny Masterson’s convictions and long prison sentence for raping two women at his home in 2003

October 27, 2026

Crime

Federal judge rules top US prosecutor in Los Angeles isn't legally serving

A federal judge has ruled that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime

Alexander brothers each sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking

October 27, 2026

Crime

Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 killing through DNA testing

Authorities have connected serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager through DNA evidence

October 27, 2026

Crime|Science|Technology

AI chips worth $12.1 million seized at Malaysia airport, customs authority says

Malaysian customs said on Wednesday that it had seized about 49.5 million ringgit ($12.11 million) worth of advanced artificial intelligence chips this month, as

October 28, 2026

Arts|Crime

Alexander brothers get 30 years each in prison after sex trafficking convictions

Three brothers convicted of exploiting their access to wealth and high society in New York and Miami to drug and rape women were each sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in

October 27, 2026

Special master could evaluate Justice Department's claims of noncitizens on California voter rolls

A federal judge says he is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls

October 27, 2026

Hunter Biden laptop issue resurfaces as judge scolds prosecutors over case against ex-FBI officials

A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their participation in and knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden

October 27, 2026

Crime|Political|US

Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say

The Justice Department has failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who testified against President Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection

October 27, 2026

Trump administration sued over rollback of corporate ownership reporting rules

Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements

October 27, 2026

Crime|Election|Political

Justice Department fails to indict former White House aide over her testimony about Trump and Jan. 6, sources say

October 27, 2026

Crime|Entertainment

Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison after women speak of being drugged and raped by them

Three brothers convicted of exploiting their wealth and access to luxury real estate to drug and rape dozens of women have been sentenced to 30 years in prison

October 27, 2026

Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas

October 27, 2026

Business|Crime|Education|Technology

'I asked to tighten this': 911 call reveals moment after video board fell onto Florida student

October 27, 2026

Crime|Political

Parents of Alex Pretti slam Trump administration for withholding evidence into his killing

The parents of Alex Pretti, a US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota in January, criticized President Donald Trump's administration on

October 27, 2026

US judge blocks Trump rule cutting the time refugees have to contest end of status

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new rule that would cut the amount of time

October 27, 2026

Crime|Political

Shackled, shaved and in uniform: first inmates arrive at Costa Rica mega-prison

Costa Rica has locked up the first 123 inmates in a new mega-prison, built with the help of the Salvadoran government in the outskirts of capital San José, the country's

October 27, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|MidEast|US

US woman convicted of getting Islamic State training after becoming teen bride to a fighter

A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter has been convicted of receiving weapons training from the militant group

October 27, 2026

Crime|Lifestyle|Sports

'He's very advanced': Police called to 3-year-old's soccer game after dispute

October 27, 2026

Crime

Woman arrested after running over man's foot during domestic dispute in Del City neighborhood

October 27, 2026

Crime|Entertainment

Cops: Man in Spider-Man hoodie that says 'Friendly Neighborhood Crime Watch' robs store at gunpoint

October 27, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|US

Massachusetts police chief was "hammered drunk," sleeping in unmarked cruiser outside liquor store, police say

October 27, 2026

Truck stolen by escaped Tennessee inmate is found abandoned in Illinois, authorities say

Authorities say an escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of murdering a co-worker stole a truck from a nearby farm and apparently made it to southern Illinois before abandoning it

October 27, 2026

Crime

Alex Pretti's parents say federal government is shielding agents involved in his killing

It's been nine months since intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was killed by federal officers during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis

October 27, 2026

Crime

FBI raids home of Eric Swalwell's billionaire donor

The FBI raided the home of Eric Swalwell's billionaire donor on Tuesday as part of the ongoing probe into sexual assault allegations against the former

October 27, 2026

NYSE moves to bring all-or-nothing options to stocks and company earnings

The New York Stock Exchange is preparing to start trading a new type of options contract that lets investors make all-or-nothing bets on whether a stock

October 27, 2026

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