Shooter, officer dead at Emory University, near CDC offices in Atlanta
Emory University is a private school in Atlanta. Photo by Emory News Center Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The suspected shooter on Emory University's campus and…
Gunman, officer dead after shooting at Emory University in Atlanta
Emory University is a private school in Atlanta. Photo by Emory News Center Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The suspected shooter on Emory University's downtown Atlanta…
DOJ requests judges unseal more evidence in Epstein and Maxwell cases
Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice asked New York judges to unseal more evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal cases,…
Attacks on Electoral Council disrupt elections in Honduras
A man looks for his polling place during election day in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in March. Primary and internal elections in Honduras began March 9 to…
DOJ sues Oklahoma to stop offering migrants in-state-tuition
Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Justice Department filed a lawsuit this week challenging an Oklahoma law that provides eligible undocumented migrants with in-state tuition benefits,…
Judiciary enhances security of electronic court records filing system
Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The federal judiciary is enhancing security on electronic case filing systems in U.S. courts, which have come under sophisticated and persistent…
Judge halts construction of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A protester from Chicago shows his point of view with his sign in front of the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz located at the Dade-Collier Training…
Army honors Fort Stewart shooting heroes as details emerge
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Six soldiers at Fort Stewart, Ga., were honored Thursday with medals for their actions after a sergeant opened fire, shooting and…
Texas AG to investigate O’Rourke-linked group amid map row
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday launched an investigation into potential Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke over allegations that he…
Back-to-school advice from FBI: Make a hoax threat, pay the price
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- FBI officials in Philadelphia said Wednesday that as the new school year starts "serious consequences" await students who make violent threats…
Two 15-year-olds arrested in attack on former DOGE staffer
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Two 15-year-olds were arrested in an alleged attack on a former Department of Government Efficiency employee. Edward Coristine, 19, whose nickname…
Justice Department publishes list of 35 ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has published a list of 35 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions as it plans to sue them amid the Trump…
Trump: Federalize D.C. and prosecute teens as adults
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Washington, D.C., would become a federal district and prosecute teens as adults if crime in the nation's capital does not recede…
Police arrest man accused of shooting LA car ramming suspect
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Authorities in Los Angeles have arrested a man accused of shooting the driver charged with ramming his vehicle into a crowd…
Brazil’s high court orders Bolsonaro’s house arrest, angering Trump admin.
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, prompting swift condemnation from the Trump administration, which…
U.S. couple detained with 72 pounds of marijuana hashish in baggage
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspect black, vacuum-sealed bags containing marijuana hashish last month after two U.S. travelers were detained and their baggage searched…
FBI warns of scam targeting foreign college students
Aug. 4 (UPI) -- FBI officials in Philadelphia on Monday issued an advisory warning international college students about a scam that involves foreign impersonators. They…
New Zealand woman arrested after toddler found in suitcase on bus
Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in New Zealand have arrested a 27-year-old woman after a 2-year-old girl was found stuffed into a suitcase on a…
Senate confirms former Fox host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor
Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The Senate has confirmed former Fox News TV host and Donald Trump supporter Jeanine Pirro as the top U.S. federal prosecutor.…
Tenneessee man accused of trying to kill 9 deputies during arrest
Kevin Wade O'Neal, 54, of Old Fort, Tn., is accused of trying to kill nine sheriff's deputies and detectives with an explosive device while being…