Interim Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin Davis on Monday met with officials from five federal law enforcement agencies to begin a program to address the recent increase of homicides in the city. The so-called B-FED partnership [Baltimore...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday sentenced Christopher R. Glenn 120 months in jail and three years of supervised release for willful retention of classified national defense information...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , along with a former state legislator, were indicted on felony securities fraud, it was reported on Saturday. Officials said that the three-count indictment against Paxton was handed up on...

Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month, entered a 'temporary' not guilty plea Friday. Roof has been indicted on 33 charges including federal...

A Mexican judge temporarily suspended a US extradition order on Friday for drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , even though the federal attorney general's office had approved the order earlier that day. No reason was...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday rejected a legal challenge from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who claimed that his detention at the naval base...

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Thursday ordered a review of military recruitment office security policies, according to a statement from the Pentagon. Speaking on the order , Pentagon spokesperson Navy Captain Jeff...

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a summary decision that an anti-abortion activist's letter was protected speech under the First Amendment . Angel Dillard had written a letter...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced the indictment of US Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) for his alleged role in a racketeering conspiracy. Fattah, along with four of his associates, were...

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance banning high-capacity gun magazines. The new rule will take effect in one year and provides a 60-day widow to allow citizens to legally...