Overachiever Who Earned Highest GPA In Tulane Law History Fights Attempted...
A law clerk for a federal judge who was a standout student at Tulane Law is fighting charges that he tried to solicit sex with a 10-year-old boy using the gay hookup app Grindr, the New Orleans...
View ArticleEven A Quick Trip Through A Bad Neighborhood Messes With Your Mind
The neighborhood a person lives in can influence their likelihood of depression, feelings of trust and even their chances of becoming a criminal. Now, a study suggests the environment is even more...
View ArticleHere Are The Rap Lyrics That Helped Convict A Guy Of Attempted Murder
The New York Times has a disturbing op-ed about a defendant named Vonte Skinner whose violent rap lyrics were used to help convict him of attempting to kill an admitted drug dealer in New Jersey.A New...
View ArticleWe Are Losing The Global War On Crime
SOME lawmen chase villains down mean streets. Others chase fraudsters across balance-sheets. In the stomach-churning stench of the Vetport at John F. Kennedy International Airport, yet others don...
View ArticleHacking Superstar 'Guccifer' Has Reportedly Been Arrested In Romania
We've previously reported on Guccifer, a hacker who is perhaps most famous for accessing email addresses belonging to political figures like former president George W. Bush, ex-secretary of state Colin...
View ArticleThe For-Profit Prison Boom In One Worrying Infographic
America has a prison problem: Over two million people in this country live behind bars, the highest number in the world.Some blame the failed "War on Drugs," while others worry about bad incentives,...
View ArticleReal-Life Hit Men Are Nothing Like Their Pop-Culture Counterparts
In the second season of the BBC's hit show "Sherlock," shadowy snipers threaten the eponymous detective's friends by skulking around stairwells with high-powered rifles or infiltrating their homes and...
View ArticleWhy Amanda Knox Is Completely Innocent And The Italian Justice System Is...
Most people know that Amanda Knox— "Foxy Knoxy"— is the pretty American student who was arrested and found guilty of the stabbing death of her British roommate in Italy, during a "sex game" gone wrong,...
View ArticleThe For-Profit Prison Boom In One Worrying Infographic
America has a prison problem: Over two million people in this country live behind bars, the highest number in the world.Some blame the failed "War on Drugs," while others worry about bad incentives,...
View ArticleCouple Charged With Killing Their 5-Year-Old Daughter By Forcing Her To Drink...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A couple charged with murder by forcing their 5-year-old girl to chug as a punishment what turned out to be a lethal amount of grape soda and water, was arraigned in an...
View ArticleMurdered Wife Told Cops Her Husband Would Kill Her, But They Allegedly Never...
A Queens woman who was allegedly killed by her husband along with her two young daughters warned police that she feared for her life, the New York Post reports.But Deisy Garcia, a 21-year-old immigrant...
View ArticlePOLICE ATTACK KIEV PROTESTERS — AND THE IMAGES ARE INSANE
The anti-government protests in Ukraine are at their most violent point. At least 18 people, including seven policemen, have died so far Tuesday. Hundreds more have been injured.One of the injured was...
View ArticleFormer Editor Of Hong Kong Newspaper Stabbed Amid Media Tensions
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former chief editor of a major Hong Kong newspaper known for its critical reporting was stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday in an attack that has fuelled concerns about...
View ArticleKids Say 'Mom Tried To Kill Us' After Mother Drives Minivan Into The Ocean
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After she drove her minivan into the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, authorities say a pregnant South Carolina woman tried to call off bystanders hustling to rescue her three...
View Article12 Countries That Will Punish You For Insulting Their Heads Of State
Some people just can’t take criticism. We mean they really, really can’t take criticism. And when you’re a world leader, you don’t have to.When the king of Bahrain recently upped the penalty for anyone...
View ArticleThere's A Nervous Calm In The Currency Markets
The US dollar spent the Asian and European morning, largely consolidating yesterday's recovery. Narrow ranges have prevailed, and we suspect the North American operators may try to push the greenback...
View ArticleMexico Is Taking Big Risks By Allowing The Rise of Vigilantism
In failing to snuff out vigilantism, Mexico is running big risks.The rule of law has long been a stranger to the sweltering lowlands known as the Tierra Caliente in the Mexican state of Michoacán.The...
View ArticleMan Finds Out He's On The 'Most Wanted' List After Googling Himself
A California man has turned himself in to police after googling his own name to find he was listed as one of the state’s “most wanted” fugitives (via Independent).Christopher Viatafa, 27, got into an...
View Article12 Gangs That Are Keeping The FBI Awake At Night
America may be getting safer, but gangs are expanding and becoming more violent, posing a growing threat across the country, according to a 2011 FBI report.An estimated 1.4 million Americans belong to...
View ArticleHacker Who 'Sextorted' Miss Teen USA Gets 18 Months In Prison
Jared James Abrahams, 20, is looking at an 18-month prison term after pleading guilty to hacking into the computers of dozens of young women to secretly obtain nude images and videos in 2013, OC Weekly...
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