What we know so far: The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to police. FBI negotiators made contact with the person in the building, MORE
Two of Prince Andrew’s efforts to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday when a US federal judge ordered the prince’s lawyers to turn MORE
Garland police on Wednesday are charging a 14-year-old with capital murder in a triple killing at a gas station convenience store and are warning that the boy is at large, armed and dangerous. Abel Elias Acosta, 14, MORE
Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is set to leave office next week without bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. But Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, has indicated that he’ll keep up the pressure on Trump, MORE
After two days of deliberations, a jury found the former Empire” actor Jussie Smollett guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a MORE
Alec Baldwin says he never pulled the trigger on a prop firearm that discharged on the “Rust” movie set. The October 21 shooting in Santa Fe killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. “The trigger MORE
Jordan Turpin was 17 years old when she found herself crawling out of a window of her family’s home, hoping to save the lives of her 12 siblings. For two years, she had been planning MORE
Ghislaine Maxwell is to emerge from her New York prison cell on Monday after a 15-month wait for the start of a trial for sex trafficking children, perjury and the enticement of minors while she MORE
The 18-year-old who shot three men at a protest took the stand and resorted to a tried-and-true strategy for white men in trouble. What Kyle Rittenhouse displayed in a Kenosha, Wisconsin, courtroom this week as he MORE
Federal agents carried out at least two search warrants at locations associated with the conservative media company Project Veritas as part of a larger investigation into the theft and subsequent public disclosure of a diary written by MORE
On May 30, Michael Campbell, a 46-year-old registered sex offender, allegedly pulled down a woman’s pants and underwear as her boyfriend lay asleep next to her. Campbell then proceeded to grind his body against hers, MORE
The apparent human remains that authorities found Wednesday in a Florida park most likely belong to Brian Laundrie, the missing man whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found fatally strangled last month, the Laundrie family attorney told CNN. Investigators also MORE
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is taking a page out of Donald Trump’s book, hiring a an attorney who has represented convicted billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In 2020 Trump “poached” two Epstein attorneys, Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr. MORE
In the two weeks since Gabby Petito went missing while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, her story has gained national attention. Petito’s case has made news headlines and gone viral online, with people everywhere trying to MORE
FBI resumes search of reserve and Laundrie family home as Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie remains missing Autopsy results have confirmed that the remains found Sunday in the Bridger-Teton National Forest are those of Gabby MORE
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie left in July for a four-month, cross-country road trip. Two months into it, she disappeared. Now, he’s missing, too. Authorities on Sunday continued their searches for a Florida MORE
El Paso police arrested 38-year-old Joseph Angel Alvarez in connection with the murder of 50-year-old Georgette Kauffman and the assault on Daniel Kaufmann; the shootings occurred on November 14, 2020, shortly after the election. Alvarez said MORE
Russian intelligence services worked with prominent ransomware gangs to compromise U.S. government and government-affiliated organizations, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Analyst1. Two Russian intelligence bureaus — the Federal Security Service, or FSB, and MORE
The NYPD says a duo attempted to kidnap a 5-year-old boy in Queens Thursday — an attempt that was thwarted by the young child’s mother. According to police, the kidnapping attempt took place around 8 MORE