Crime and Courts

A Mexican court issued arrest orders Thursday for six people in relation to the fire that killed 39 migrants at a detention facility this week in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, according to the federal prosecutor leading the investigation.

U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats.

A trove of FBI documents made public this week offers a new view into high-stakes gambler Stephen Paddock’s mindset before he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern America.

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries. Public health experts say that fact is crucial to understanding the full impact of guns on society. A new government study highlights a surge in people wounded by gunshots during the pandemic, when the number of people fatally shooting each other – and...

Kohberger is charged with killing four University of Idaho students who were found at an off-campus residence with multiple stab wounds in November.

A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced to 16 years for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014.

Police say two separate robbery crews have drugged and robbed over 40 people in Manahttan in recent months. One of the crews is believed to be behind the the deaths of two gay men who were drugged and killed after visiting gay bars in Hell’s Kitchen.

Authorities from the Montgomery County Department of Police in Maryland arrested two teenagers for a “strong-arm” carjacking Saturday.

Two teenagers who tried to carjack a man didn’t get far when they car they stole was a manual transmission and they didn’t know how to drive it.

Three Brooklyn residents were charged after kidnapping a New Jersey teenager and torturing the victim as they held the individual for ransom, according to prosecutors.

An ATM burglary ring that hit 19 bodegas across New York City was busted by police, according to the NYPD, with half a dozen suspects now facing charges.

NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

Skiers have likely noticed signs at mountain resorts across the country saying, “Know the code.” They refer to universal rules of conduct for skiers and snowboarders — people who partake in inherently risky snow sports that involve navigating down crowded slopes, often at high speeds.

A Maryland court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to Adnan Syed’s release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, and it ordered a new hearing to be held.

DNA evidence proved a Queens man didn’t commit a 30-year-old murder, but it still took one of New York’s highest courts to overturn the conviction of Michael Robinson.

A U.S. Senate staffer remained hospitalized Tuesday after police say he was attacked leaving a restaurant in Washington this weekend by a man who had been released from federal prison a day earlier.

A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said Monday.

DNA evidence proved that a Queens man did not commit a murder 30 years ago, but it has taken one of New York’s highest courts to overturn his conviction. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace, who has covered the case for years, talked with the man about his latest court victory.

Police in Little Rock, Arkansas say gunfire erupted as a crowd of people gathered along a commercial boulevard southwest of downtown known for “caravanning,” or for large processions of drivers cruising on city streets. Two people died and five were wounded as law enforcement sought clues for who may have opened fire. Police Chief Heath Helton says officers responded to...

Here’s a look at how many mass shootings have been carried out by women.