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How the FBI Tricked Criminals into Using its Messaging App
Hundreds of device users didn’t realize they were carrying the FBI in their back pockets — until they got arrested
Amid Derek Chauvin Trial, Minnesota Grapples With Another Police Killing of an Unarmed Black Man
As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, entered its eleventh day on Monday, another police killing of a Black man in Minnesota has grabbed the state’s—and the nation’s—attention. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by a police officer in the city of…
What an Expert on Evangelicals and Sex Says About the Atlanta Shooter’s Claim He Had a Sex Addiction
On March 16, a gunman shot nine people in three Asian spas in Georgia, and killed eight. The Atlanta Police Department said the shooter told them that he was a sex addict and was seeking to eliminate the temptation that he perceived these outlets represented. It’s not completely clear that sex work took place at…
Lady Gaga Got Her Dogs Back, but as Criminals Capitalize on the Demand for Pandemic Pups, Others Aren’t So Lucky
Dog thieves are targeting expensive breeds and puppies that can sell for thousands of dollars online
A Drug Kingpin for the Digital Age Takes Over in the New Trailer for ‘Silk Road’
Film based on 2014 Rolling Stone article about the alleged founder of the illicit online marketplace
In a Year Marked By Death, the Trump Administration Cements a Legacy of Unprecedented Executions
Alfred Bourgeois was put to death by the Trump administration on Dec. 11. Like nine other prisoners who came before him this year, Bourgeois was killed with a legal injection of the drug pentobarbital while strapped to a gurney in an execution chamber at the Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., where he’d effectively…
2020 Ends as One of America’s Most Violent Years in Decades
Across the U.S., this year has taken a heavy toll. The coronavirus has upended daily life and resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 people; 2020 is on track to be the “deadliest year in U.S. history,” according to The Associated Press, with a projected rise of 15% in total deaths from 2019. The pandemic’s…
Michael Alig, Infamous ‘Club Kid Killer,’ Dead at 54
The notorious party promoter, who served 17 years in prison for murdering and dismembering his friend, has died by an alleged heroin overdose
The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Spree of Executions Is Scheduled to Continue Today
If Alfred Bourgeois is executed Friday, he'll be the 10th person executed by the Trump administration since July
FBI: Hate Crime Deaths in 2019 Reach Highest Total in Decades
2019 saw a record high for reported hate crime murders in the United States, according to the annual Hate Crime Statistics report released on Monday by the FBI. Hate crimes are described by the FBI as an offense “motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity.” 51 people…
Minneapolis Residents Sue City Over Alleged Police Department Rollbacks
The lawsuit counters the widespread calls to defund police departments and take officers off the streets
JFK Jr. Could ‘Lose His Temper’ … But Was He Capable of Writing a Death Threat to Joe Biden?
There are still so many questions. Episode 5 of the “Fatal Voyage: The Death of JFK Jr.” podcast takes a closer look at John F. Kennedy Jr.’s temper — and how it might...