A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. A message from The…
Two firefighters died Wednesday while battling a blaze on the Greek island of Crete, officials said, while crews in southern France worked to extinguish a massive, uncontained wildfire that had spread to roughly four times the size of Paris. Across Europe, firefighters confronted a dangerous combination of high temperatures, drought and powerful winds, compromising containment…
Former FBI Director James Comey filed new motions late Tuesday in his effort to toss out federal charges accusing him of threatening President Trump’s by posting a photo of seashells arranged to form the numbers “86 47,” casting the indictment as the latest salvo in a yearslong effort to punish him for criticizing the president…
Mexican authorities on Monday arrested the widow of a mayor in central Mexico who was shot and killed last week, on charges she was involved in an extortion case, according to prosecutors and local media. Valentin Lavin, the mayor of the town of Temoac and allied with President Claudia Sheinbaum’s leftist party, was shot and…
Houston — A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. immigration authorities to release a key witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ordered the release of Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego from ICE custody within 48 hours, after the…
Washington — Former FBI Director James Comey urged a federal judge on Monday to throw out an indictment alleging he threatened President Trump’s life, arguing that it targets speech protected by the First Amendment and that the phrase at the center of the charges, “86 47,” does not connote violence. Lawyers for Comey wrote in…
This story originally aired on May 3, 2025. It shook the entire campus at the University of the Pacific. A freshman on her first day of college in 1979 was found unconscious, bleeding from her head, in a remote area of the school. Her name was Catina Salarno. Harriet and Mike Salarno were getting ready…
A substance found in the work van of a Mexican immigrant killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has tested negative for illicit drugs, the top prosecutor in Houston said Friday, refuting claims by federal officials that the vehicle likely contained meth. The revelation is a major development in the case of Lorenzo Salgado…
Washington — The Justice Department will face an uphill battle if it tries to prosecute former special counsel Jack Smith over allegations from House Republicans that he made false statements under oath because it lacks any evidence he committed a crime, former prosecutors say. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan formally referred Smith to the…
A model scout accused of rape and trafficking with links to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Paris home on Monday. Daniel Siad was under investigation by Paris prosecutors for accusations of rape and organizing human trafficking. The criminal investigation into Siad was launched based on complaints from women…
