Reading up on crime

The documentary 'Whatever It Takes' reveals how eBay employees conspired to cyberstalk journalists and critics, exposing their harassment campaign and the pursuit of justice.

A gang of thieves executed a multimillion‑dollar heist by breaking into a data center and stealing high‑value server hardware and the data it contained.

Two extreme climbers scaled the Empire State Building's 200-foot needle, one proposed, and both were arrested by police.

Sam Bankman-Fried, serving a 25-year sentence for fraud, resists prison life by maintaining his innocence and mounting a campaign for a presidential pardon.

New evidence from millions of released documents confirms Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, revealing a clear pattern of suicidal behavior and systemic jail failures.

A man in custody stabbed six people at Penn Station in Manhattan, leaving all victims in stable condition and expected to survive.

President Trump announces the DOJ's Model Cities Initiative to reduce violent crime and restore law and order in major U.S. cities.

London phone theft victims face escalating threats after their devices are stolen, as criminals exploit personal data for extortion.

A TikTok trend of running through Scientology churches has prompted police responses in multiple cities, raising questions about whether it constitutes a hate crime.

The Hotel Carter, once notorious for squalor and crime in Times Square, sits empty and disputed in litigation, though some envision its potential rebirth.

The F.B.I. released annotated video of the suspect in the correspondents' dinner attack, with frame-by-frame analysis suggesting he may have fired.

A mounted police officer raced through the Upper West Side to arrest a woman accused of snatching a purse.

A Florida surgeon removed a patient's liver instead of a spleen, tried to claim it was a spleen, and has been charged after the patient died.

The Trump administration considers designating Brazil's two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations following lobbying by Jair Bolsonaro's sons.

Illicit drug smuggling into US prisons has shifted to paper soaked with synthetic cannabinoids, causing inmate deaths and complicating detection.

The Bachelorette's casting of Taylor Frankie Paul backfired after a past assault video emerged, derailing the season.

The article reports that a planned season of The Bachelorette starring Taylor Frankie Paul was canceled after she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.

An advice column examines the ethical dilemma of whether to report a friend's husband, a public-school teacher, for tax evasion, weighing civic duty against personal loyalty.

Passengers trapped in Waymo robotaxis during San Francisco anti-autonomous-vehicle vandalism attacks describe fear and helplessness, highlighting a safety gap in emergency egress design.

An innocent woman was jailed for months after AI facial recognition wrongly identified her as a bank fraud suspect, despite clear evidence she was far away.

Organized theft rings have stolen thousands of dollars in merchandise from Lululemon and Alo stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to NYPD reports.

A Georgia teacher died after a planned toilet-paper prank by teenagers resulted in a fatal car accident, and the family supports dropping charges.

After watching Hillary Clinton's deposition footage about Jeffrey Epstein, the author argues her visible frustration mirrored a broader national anger at systemic injustice.

President Trump asked leaders of a dozen Latin American and Caribbean nations to help the U.S. military eradicate armed trafficking groups.

Former employees allege that René Redzepi, chef at Noma, subjected staff to years of physical and psychological abuse.

The piece argues that newly released files reveal Epstein's wickedness was matched by a striking banality, exemplified by his shallow philosophical opinions.

Anonymous bettors on Polymarket placed hundreds of bets over $1,000 predicting a US strike on Iran hours before it occurred, sparking insider trading allegations.

Doctors provided elite medical care to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, often violating professional ethics.

Changpeng Zhao's memoir draft reveals the secret plea negotiations that resulted in his imprisonment and an encounter with ICE after pleading guilty.

Hillary Clinton, in a tense deposition, denied any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein or his crimes, reacting angrily after a Republican leaked a photo from the session.

A mass shooting at Bondi Beach has made Pauline Hanson's anti-immigration One Nation party more acceptable to some Australian voters, boosting its poll numbers.

The killing of a cartel leader has caused unrest in Mexico, leading tourists to reconsider travel plans due to cartel violence.

The killing of a drug lord in Mexico has triggered flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions, and shelter-in-place alerts for travelers.

The Mexican government killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country's most powerful gangs.

Mexican forces killed cartel leader El Mencho, triggering arson and vehicle fires by armed groups across Mexico.

British police arrested former Prince Andrew, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid scrutiny of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

North Korean regime's elite cyber operatives, as explained by defector Anton Koh, fake identities to secure remote IT jobs with American companies, funding nuclear ambitions.

Peter Attia expressed shame after Epstein files were made public, denying illegal behavior but not defending his crude remarks about women and Epstein.

Newly released Justice Department documents reveal that prominent business and political figures maintained enduring relationships with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Dozens were arrested after an anti-ICE protest at a Manhattan Hilton hotel in TriBeCa, where demonstrators claimed immigration agents were staying, following a similar protest in Minneapolis.

South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee became the first former presidential spouse convicted on a criminal charge after her husband declared martial law.

Kristi Noem denied officers used chemical agents in Minnesota protests, then reversed after a video contradicted her claim.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested by Los Angeles police for assaulting a ride-share driver and making criminal threats, according to authorities.

New viral videos show ICE and Border Patrol using increasingly aggressive arrest tactics in Minneapolis, heightening resident fear and frustration.

DHS released bodycam footage from an ICE agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, showing the agent's perspective before the shooting.

The U.S. military operation 'Operation Absolute Resolve' successfully extracted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro without American casualties, raising questions about its legality and rationale.

An Oklahoma man who bought a Glock .45 for Christmas was shooting at a can in his backyard during target practice when a stray bullet fatally struck a nearby woman.

Records show Hong Kong government departments downplayed residents' warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled a deadly inferno.

Netflix's 'The Price of Confession' and Hulu's 'Nine Puzzles' are K-drama thrillers where women are accused of crimes, but their innocence remains uncertain.

The suspect in the killings of a Brown professor and an M.I.T. professor was a former top student at Brown, and his parents had not seen him for over 20 years.

The New York Times reports that neighbors of a Sydney shooting suspect and his son express shock and grapple with the contrast between the attack and their diverse community.

A Reddit tip helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as a suspect in both a campus shooting and the murder of an MIT professor.

After repeated attacks on his son, Rick Kuehner sought help from school and police, but the bullying escalated into worse violence.

Nick Reiner, arrested in connection with his parents' deaths, had been in drug treatment 18 times as a teenager, leaving his parents desperate.

Two gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach, Australia, killing at least 15 people; one shooter was also killed, police reported.

A shooting at Brown University killed two and wounded nine others, disrupting a typical Saturday night on the Ivy League campus.

A retired lawyer lost $85,000 in a tech support scam, and Citibank refused a refund, illustrating the growing problem of such fraud.

Stablecoins enable criminals to launder money and evade sanctions through complex layering, swapping, and mixing that obscure the trail of funds.

New York City's transit agency is deploying physical barriers, legal changes, and increased enforcement to combat a nearly $1 billion annual fare-evasion problem.

South Korean police arrested four people for hacking 120,000 home cameras to obtain sexual videos, continuing efforts to stop exploitative recordings.

A 19-year-old college student was detained by immigration agents at Boston airport and deported to Honduras while attempting to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.

A Utah hiker praised for rescuing his children from perilous terrain now faces abuse and torture charges for allegedly endangering them.

Four people died and ten others were wounded in a shooting at a banquet hall in Stockton, California; police are searching for a suspect.

Trump responds to a shooting by demanding stricter migration limits and equating immigration with crime and economic harm.

Two National Guard members were critically wounded in a shooting near the White House on Thanksgiving eve; the suspect is a 29-year-old Afghan man.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro used a soldering iron to sabotage his ankle monitor, ending his house arrest before a 27-year prison sentence.

Illegal garbage dumping near a UK highway, linked to criminal organizations, has sparked public outrage as a growing environmental crime.