Marijuana legalization may have accomplished what the War on Drugs has failed to do — put the squeeze on Mexican drug cartel activity.
The U.S. Border Patrol has released 2015 data showing that the number of marijuana seizures throughout the southwest U.S./Mexico border has fallen to the lowest level in a decade, the Washington Post reports.
A federal judge sentenced a North Hollywood man to four years in prison for his role in a tax fraud conspiracy scheme that fraudulently claimed more than $1.2 million in fraudulent tax refunds.
U.S. District Judge George H. King also ordered Antonio Jerome Cook, 37, to pay $537,309 in restitution to the IRS.
A Bay Area man was found guilty Monday of traveling to Cambodia to have illicit sexual conduct with young girls, according to officials
Ronald Gerard Boyajian, 55, who resided in Menlo Park and previously spent time on the Palos Verdes peninsula, was found guilty of three child exploitation crimes.
After a six-week trial in federal court, the jury found Boyajian guilty of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in foreign places, and committing these offenses while being required to register as a sex offender.
Former detective is facing up to 20 years in prison after he admitted to asking an informant to sell drugs for him, according to officials.
Matthew L. Dailey, age 45, of Howard, Ohio, plead guilty in federal court to extortion under color of official right.
The business manager and secretary-treasurer of Local 201 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union AFL-CIO was charged with taking kickbacks from public works employees at the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, officials announced today.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a petition by Apple, let stand a lower court’s decision, resulting in the software giant having to pay $400 million because it substantially raised ebook prices, the Justice Department announced today.
Apple orchestrated a price-fixing conspiracy with five major ebook publishers, officials said.
At the Democratic debate on CNN tonight, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said that if he is elected, he will make sure that the Department of Justice investigates the deaths of people under police arrest or custody.
After learning that Donald Trump apparently kept a volume of Adolf Hitler’s speeches at his bedside, Bill Maher made a scary comparison between the GOP front-runner at the German dictator on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday.
Maher aired a clip of Hitler speaking with Trump-sounding quotes as subtitles.
“People are often surprised to learn it’s possible to find a purebred that fits your lifestyle AND is also in serious need of a loving, forever home,” according to the American Kennel Club.
The AKC Rescue Network is the largest network of dog rescue groups in the country, and was officially recognized by the American Kennel Club in late 2013. 160 unique breeds are currently represented within the network. More than 450 AKC Rescue Network groups are located across the United States, according to the Kennel Club.
Journalist Tony Harris investigates the ground-breaking court cases that transformed the SPLC into such a powerful force. With civil rights lawyer Morris Dees taking on some of the most violent and dangerous white supremacist groups in US history.
An allegation of children held at gunpoint by St. Louis police, which swept social media and led to a protest this week, was proven false by video from a patrol vehicle’s dashboard camera, Police Chief Sam Dotson said Wednesday.
Dotson revealed the video at a press conference in answer to allegations made on social media, and at a protest outside Police Headquarters, that the officers were improperly aggressive, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A federal grand jury indicted a woman for impersonating an FBI agent in connection with an international lottery fraud scheme based in Jamaica, according to officials.
Vania Lee Allen, 30, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and falsely impersonating an employee of the United States, one count of wire fraud and one count of falsely impersonating an employee of the United States.