Crime & Legal

Area hospitals reported treating dozens of patients, including many children. It was unclear what might have motivated the episode.

Fifty years after his leap into the unknown, the case of D.B. Cooper — an alias spawned by the media — remains the only unsolved plane hijacking in the history of the United States.

Guns have long been a potent political issue in the United States, where permissive laws have led to the highest rate of civilian firearm ownership in the world.

A jury acquitted the teenager of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests in a decision that ignited fierce debate about gun rights in the United States.

Trump advisers at the Willard InterContinental hotel are suspected of maintaining communications between the White House and groups involved in the so-called Stop the Steal protests.

Lawyers for the U.S. have argued that the WikiLeaks founder's mental health should not prevent him from facing justice.

Brazilian senators said Jair Bolsonaro should be charged for nine crimes in their conclusion of a probe into the government’s handling of the pandemic.

On Saturday evening, hundreds of mourners attended a candle-lit vigil at a sports field near the scene of the crime, holding a minute's silence in the MP's memory.

The attack revives questions about the safety of lawmakers meeting face-to-face with residents in their districts, usually with little security.