Colorado Movie Shooter James Holmes, Guilty

Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes was found guilty on Thursday of multiple counts of first degree murder, a verdict that enables prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the former graduate student who killed a dozen people and wounded 70 at a midnight premiere of a Batman film in…

Gunman Kills Four Marines at Military Office

Four Marines were killed on Thursday by a gunman who opened fire at two military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before being fatally shot in an attack officials called a brazen, brutal act of domestic terrorism.

The FBI named the suspect as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, but said it was too…

Eric Garner's Family Will Receive $5.9M in NY Settlement

New York City has reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a chokehold by police last July, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his death, city officials said on Monday.

“No sum of money can make this…

Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Escapes Prison Again

Mexico’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from high security prison in a tunnel built under his cell, the government said, his second jailbreak in 15 years and a major embarrassment for President Enrique Pena Nieto.

The kingpin slipped out of the prison through a tunnel…

South Carolina Votes to Take Down Confederate Flag

The Confederate flag, a symbol of racism for many in the United States and of Southern heritage for others, is set to be removed from South Carolina’s state Capitol grounds on Thursday after lawmakers sealed its fate in a late-night session.

The bill to remove the flag, which…