Crime

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday charged and fined an airplane passenger a record $52,000 for disrupting a flight from Honolulu to Seattle.

New York prosecutors urged a judge Friday to order California lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term, more than a year after he was convicted of trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike.

Car theft is on the rise, according to a new report, and certain makes and models are being stolen at a higher rate.

The partner of Julian Assange said on Monday a media report that the CIA plotted to kill or kidnap the WikiLeaks founder was a game-changer in his fight against extradition from Britain to the U.S.

Three former NFL players were sentenced Monday for their role in defrauding a health care program for the league’s retired athletes, a report said.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has reportedly opened a criminal probe into billionaire Leon Black over allegations he raped two models.

Mayor London Breed argued that the company has been having a hard time generating revenue in the city, likely prompting its decision to close stores in certain areas.

A British man has been jailed for kidnapping a minor who allegedly had made money after investing in Bitcoin.

New Jersey and New York both rank in the top for having the safest cities. New Jersey had nine in the top 20 for small cities and New York had 3.

Police are searching for a man responsible for a string of robberies at Target stores across the Albuquerque metropolitan area

Walgreens is closing an additional five stores in San Francisco, citing retail theft that has been plaguing California retailers.

Bare necessities are missing from drug store shelves in New York City due to a shoplifting epidemic.

Snapchat said Thursday it is ramping up efforts to identify and remove drug dealers from its platform, days after federal officials warned that counterfeit pills laced with deadly fentanyl were widely available for sale on social media apps.

More than a dozen current and former NBA players were charged in New York federal court in an alleged health insurance and fraud scheme, according to law enforcement sources and court documents.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers made closing arguments in the U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday, in the first trial in a nationwide scandal that highlights the extreme anxiety around admissions to selective U.S. universities.

An independent commission examining sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in France believes 3,000 child abusers — two-thirds of them priests — have worked in the church over the past 70 years.

Two Connecticut men have been accused of allowing federal food aid recipients to redeem their benefits for cash and other ineligible items at a convenience store while charging them a nearly 50% premium for the transactions.

Social media has proven to be a reliable source in the hunt for Brian Laundrie, a fugitive person of interest in the killing of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito.

A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled “Take the Money and Run.”

A lawyer for Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes tried to undercut a key prosecution witness’s testimony Tuesday, as new clues emerged about her defense strategy of shifting blame to her former top deputy and ex-boyfriend.