Fed Chair Powell says he’s under criminal investigation, won’t bow to Trump intimidation

Fed Chair Powell says he’s under criminal investigation, won’t bow to Trump intimidation

US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, on Dec. 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell related to the $2.5 billion renovation to the … Read more

New cellphone video of Minneapolis ICE shooting incident revealed

New cellphone video of Minneapolis ICE shooting incident revealed

New video that appears to show Renee Nicole Good in her car right before she was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was posted Friday on social media by the site Alpha News. The 47-second-long video appears to have been taken by a phone held by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent … Read more

Epstein files: Reps ask judge to appoint monitor to ensure all documents released

Epstein files: Reps ask judge to appoint monitor to ensure all documents released

Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, during a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two members of the House of Representatives asked a federal judge in New York on Thursday to appoint a so-called special master to ensure … Read more

ICE shooting: State officials say FBI is blocking evidence in Minneapolis investigation

ICE shooting: State officials say FBI is blocking evidence in Minneapolis investigation

Members of law enforcement investigate the scene after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 7, 2026. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images News | Getty Images A Minnesota law enforcement agency said Thursday that the FBI is blocking the agency from accessing evidence related to the … Read more

Montana Program Makes Youth Offenders Talk with Their Victims and Recidivism Plummets

Montana Program Makes Youth Offenders Talk with Their Victims and Recidivism Plummets

CRYJ juvenile criminal justice center in Montana – submitted by CRYJ In Montana, a focus on restorative justice is reducing juvenile recidivism through a nonprofit program that engages them, rather than punishes them. The nonprofit believes that it’s actually far more challenging for juvenile offenders to look their victims in the eye and explain why … Read more

ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says

ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says

Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. Tim Evans | Reuters U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fatally shot a woman in her car on Wednesday on a Minneapolis street, authorities said. Department of Homeland Security Kristi … Read more

New York City Had the Lowest Number of Shootings in its History Last Year

New York City Had the Lowest Number of Shootings in its History Last Year

  credit – Campbell Jensen Of all the challenges Zohran Mamdani will face taking charge of the biggest city in the US, shootings isn’t one of them, as the Big Apple recorded fewer in 2025 than any year on record. “In 2025, New York City recorded 688 shooting incidents, the lowest number in the city’s … Read more

Trump administration freezes $10B in child, family aid to 5 states over fraud concerns

Trump administration freezes B in child, family aid to 5 states over fraud concerns

U.S. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was freezing $10 billion in … Read more

Maduro says he was ‘kidnapped’ and is ‘prisoner of war’ in New York court, pleads not guilty

Maduro says he was ‘kidnapped’ and is ‘prisoner of war’ in New York court, pleads not guilty

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York court on Monday afternoon, saying that he had been “kidnapped” with his wife by U.S. forces from their home in Caracas, and that he was a “prisoner of war,” as he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who … Read more

Moss is So Unique it’s Acted Like Fingerprints to Help Solve a Dozen Crimes

Moss is So Unique it’s Acted Like Fingerprints to Help Solve a Dozen Crimes

credit – Field Museum of Chicago Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They’re often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in dark, wet places. But these small plants sometimes turn out to be big clues in forensic cases. A team of scientists learned that firsthand in … Read more