Two American tourists who were kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were freed Friday, a security official said.
The suspect in the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in Southern California is also being charged in connection with a double homicide last year, police said Thursday.
Seven aid workers who were kidnapped in Yemen have been released, the United Nations said in a statement Thursday.
At least 60 people are charged in connection with one of Canada's biggest pornography busts. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
At least 60 people have been charged in connection with one of Canada's largest ever pornography busts, authorities said Thursday.
Six aid workers were kidnapped Tuesday in Yemen's Mahweet province, according to a senior Interior Ministry official.
Advocates and therapists for survivors of male sex abuse say the recent scandals at Penn State and elsewhere may help men who were abused as children, and boys being abused today, step out of the shadows and get the support they deserve.
Five alleged members of the infamous Bonanno crime family were arrested in New York on Friday and charged with racketeering, extortion, illegal gambling and drug distribution, officials said.
Authorities arrested more than 100 members and associates of the street gang the Mexican Mafia in southern California as part of investigation into a wide range of offenses such as racketeering, kidnapping, attempted murder and drug trafficking, federal officials said.
An Ohio grand jury on Friday indicted a 52-year-old man, alleging that he "pulled the trigger" to kill three men who had answered a Craigslist ad for work on a cattle farm, authorities said.
At least three gunmen have kidnapped two foreign aid workers in Punjab Province in central Pakistan, police said Friday.
Leon Panetta discusses sexual assault in the U.S. military, saying one assault is one too many.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlined new measures Wednesday targeting sexual assaults against U.S military personnel, saying he has "no higher responsibility than to protect those who are protecting America."
In a win for the owners of the New York Mets, a federal judge on Tuesday upheld an earlier court decision that placed limits on the amount of money that the trustee in the Madoff case can seek.
Authorities in California have arrested a man who "generally fits the description" of a man suspected of killing several homeless people, Anaheim police said.
Three people were killed and a fourth was wounded in a shooting Friday at a lumber company in North Carolina, a county sheriff said.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley says the arrest of the arson suspect has ended a campaign of terror.
An eighth-grader was shot and killed by police after he brandished a weapon in the hallways of a Texas middle school.
Harry Burkhart, arrested in Los Angeles for alleged arson, is also under investigation for arson and fraud in Germany.
A German man arrested in Los Angeles early Monday after a string of 52 fires -- mostly in parked cars -- was charged Wednesday with 37 counts of arson, prosecutors said.
The mother of a German national suspected of one of the worst arson sprees in Los Angeles history appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge Tuesday in the German government's effort to extradite her on fraud charges.
A U.S. Coast Guard unit that uses armed helicopters to go after maritime drug runners announced on Thursday that, working with federal partners, it has intercepted more than $10 billion in illegal drugs and related assets since it was commissioned in 1998.
A top Mexican drug trafficker has been arrested by Mexican police, authorities said Wednesday.
Authorities in Arizona said Tuesday they seized 44 firearms, 650 pounds of marijuana, 435 pounds of methamphetamine and $7.8 million in cash as part of a sting operation that successfully dismantled an "extensive" drug-trafficking ring.
The mother of Shannan Gilbert said Tuesday that police botched an investigation into her daughter's death and the apparent murders of other victims on Long Island, New York, and she threatened to file a lawsuit against Suffolk County Police if the FBI doesn't take over the case.
The number of violent crimes in the United States decreased in the first six months of the year, continuing a downward trend, according to preliminary data released Monday by the FBI.
A New York medical examiner's office said Saturday that a body discovered this week along a remote stretch of Long Island beach was that of Shannan Gilbert, the missing New Jersey woman whose disappearance led investigators to 10 sets of human remains and the hunt for a possible serial killer.
CNN's Atika Shubert explains the police operation to crack an internet pedophile ring.
The Penn State scandal was just starting to reach a rolling boil last month when the Department of Education announced that it would be investigating the school for a possible violation of the Clery Act. A quarter century ago, Jeanne Clery was asleep in her Lehigh University dorm room when she was raped and killed by an intruder.
More than one in three women have experienced sexual assault, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey.
A year after police discovered four bodies dumped along a remote stretch of New York beach, authorities said Tuesday they believe they've found the body of a missing New Jersey woman whose disappearance triggered the search.
The search for Shannan Gilbert in Long Island may be over. Officials say they discovered human remains that may be hers.
The Virginia Tech community gather at a candlelight vigil for the officer who was shot and killed on campus Thursday.
A Virginia Tech parent--who had twins on campus during today's shooting--also had a child on campus in 2007.
A video camera mounted inside the police car of a Virginia Tech police officer slain Thursday showed a man with a weapon who appears to be same person as a man who was later found shot dead about a quarter of a mile away, a Virginia state police official said Thursday night.
Authorities on Saturday identified a gunman killed by police after he opened fire at passing vehicles along a downtown street in Hollywood.
A gunman was killed by police after he opened fire at passing vehicles along a downtown street in Hollywood, California.
Virginia Tech police and officials detail the events that led to the shooting deaths of two people.
A 22-year-old Virginia man stole a Mercedes SUV at gunpoint the day before he shot dead a Virginia Tech police officer and then took his own life, police said Friday.
Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky's wife, Dottie, told CNN that she is angry about accusations of child sexual abuse occurring in her home, calling them "absolutely untrue."
Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky posted $250,000 bail and left jail Thursday.
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The pocketbook of a New Jersey woman whose disappearance in 2010 led authorities to the discovery of 10 sets of human remains across two Long Island, New York, counties has been found, police said Wednesday.
CNN's Susan Candiotti takes a look at a new theory about a string of unsolved murders on Long Island, New York.
VICE travels to Kyrgyzstan to investigate the Central Asian tradition of bride kidnapping.
"We are breaking the law," says Madiev Tynchtyk, a member of local government in a small village outside of the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, "but here everyone understands this is a tradition and you can't change it." Madiev kidnapped his wife, Elmira more than 10 years ago. He is one of the many Kyrgyz men who have gotten married through the Central Asian practice of bride kidnapping.
The city of Cleveland, Ohio, demolished the house in which convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell hid the bodies of his victims, officials said Tuesday.
The city of Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday morning will demolish the house where serial killer Anthony Sowell hid the bodies of his victims, officials said.
After a nearly year-long investigation, police say they now believe 10 sets of human remains uncovered along a desolate stretch of Long Island, New York, beach are linked to a single killer.
The presence of gang members on college sports teams is a topic my colleague Armen Keteyian and I started looking into last spring. After getting an exclusive look at a forthcoming study on the subject, we talked to many experts, but our story didn't come into focus until mid-September when we spent a weekend in Compton, Calif., the birthplace of the Bloods and Crips and one of the leading hot spots for college football and basketball recruiting.
DNA testing identifies one of eight victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy who remained nameless for decades.
Chad, a 46-year-old father, is still afraid to tell his mother about the woman nearly 25 years his senior who used to sneak into his room at night and crawl into his bed. He doesn't want her to feel guilty.
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said Thursday that three Occupy Denver activists have been charged with felonies -- including inciting a riot and second-degree assault on an officer.
Two schools: one a football powerhouse, steeped in athletic glory, and the other a bastion of military tradition.
Authorities have arrested five additional suspects connected with last week's kidnapping of major league baseball player Wilson Ramos, Venezuelan officials said Monday.
Major league catcher Wilson Ramos has been "found alive," two days after he was reported kidnapped by gunmen, Venezuelan state TV reported Friday.
Occupy Wall Street organizers are planning a Veterans Day rally and concert featuring folksinger Joan Baez in New York City on Friday, as the movement marks its 56th day.
Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs is a world away from the tiny, sun-baked Afghan villages he is accused of terrorizing as the leader of what prosecutors call a rogue group of soldiers that targeted civilians.
Venezuelan federal authorities on Thursday dispatched their "best investigators" to track the kidnappers of Major League Baseball catcher Wilson Ramos, the country's justice minister said.
While Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly says that her office won't file charges against Joe Paterno for not reporting the alleged child sexual abuse by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the 84-year-old coach could eventually face criminal charges for perjury, obstruction of justice and violating the state's Child Protective Services Law. Paterno could also become a defendant in civil lawsuits filed by Sandusky's alleged victims. Those lawsuits could allege that Paterno negligently failed to prevent a third party with whom he had a supervisory relationship (Sandusky) from committing abuse.
I met Jerry Sandusky in the late 1990s. I was at Penn State conducting a workshop with coaches on sexual violence. It was a few years after my retirement from professional football and a decade removed from my days at Syracuse University, where I competed against Sandusky's defense on the playing field.
"Wherever the olive tree grows, you won't find much tax being collected," the mayor of a small town in southern Spain told me a few years ago. He shrugged; such was life.
Banks trying to stave off huge pay outs over the Bernard Madoff mess have scored a key win in court.
Two people died and 13 others were injured in four separate shootings in New Orleans early Tuesday, including one on Bourbon Street where costumed revelers were celebrating Halloween.
Police say a shooting occurred early Tuesday morning as a large crowd celebrated Halloween in New Orleans.
Criminal gang membership increased as much as 40 percent in the United States during the past three years, according to an FBI report released Friday.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention officer was arrested this week on suspicion of marijuana possession after a pursuit in which he was seen throwing bundles of marijuana out the window of his truck, according to federal court documents.
Charges have been dropped against one of two men arrested in connection with a string of sex attacks in New York City, police said Wednesday.
Pulled over for speeding in a construction zone, Alice Walton paid $1,000 bail
A custody battle may have provided the motive for a deadly shooting at a Southern California hair salon that left eight people dead, according to affiliate reports.
The death toll in Wednesday afternoon's mass shooting at a Southern California beauty salon rose to eight as Seal Beach police reported two of three critically injured survivors died.
Seal Beach Police Sergeant Steve Bowles details the shooting that left 6 dead and three in critical condition.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Dept. identified the man suspected of shooting eight people at a California quarry.
Nearly three years after Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme unraveled, his victims are getting their first piece of the stolen funds.
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for South Florida has been arrested on child pornography charges, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.
An American and an Afghan are fatally shot inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Kabul. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
A gunman opens fire near Issaquah High School in Washington. KING reports.
Officials in a town east of Seattle will try to piece together Sunday why a 51-year-old man went on a shooting spree near a high school athletic field before he was shot dead by police.
Jaycee Dugard filed a complaint against the federal government Thursday, seeking compensation for what she called its failures to track the man who held her captive for 18 years.
The sister of a Long Island murder victim searches for the killer. Watch CNN Presents Sunday, July 24 at 8p ET.
Kim Overstreet took out an ad hoping to catch a killer.
His nickname is "The Fever." Mexican officials say Jose Carlos Moreno Flores was a major drug lord in charge of trafficking and operations for a large Mexican cartel in the coastal state of Guerrero, where the beach resort of Acapulco is located.
A man authorities say was part of a Brooklyn husband-and-wife identity theft team has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the deaths of three identity theft victims, prosecutors said Thursday.
Eyewitnesses describe the scene at an Arkansas courthouse when a gunman opened fire on the second floor. KFSM reports.
A National Guardsman killed when a gunman opened fire in a Nevada restaurant has been posthumously promoted.
A witness to the Nevada IHOP shooting calls 911 and tells the dispatcher that the gunman has an automatic weapon.
It remained unclear why a man opened fire at a Nevada IHOP restaurant and killed four people, including three Nevada National Guard members, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Wednesday.
Police say a gunman opened fire at a Nevada IHOP, killing three people and hurting six others before shooting himself.
A gunman carrying a variant of an AK-47 rifle opened fire on uniformed Nevada National Guard members having breakfast at a Carson City, Nevada, restaurant, killing two of them and injuring three, officials said Tuesday.
A U.S. district court judge granted federal prosecutors a new trial for former Major League pitcher Roger Clemens on Friday, setting a start date of April 17.
HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell discusses a case involving a Philadelphia officer charged with raping a woman while on duty.
The actress must also install an ignition locking device on her car
Find out what neighbors did to save a kidnapped girl in New Mexico in this exclusive Dr. Drew web interview.
A former Peace Corps volunteer, Jessie Osmun, was arrested early this month in Milford, Connecticut, and charged with sexually abusing five girls under the age of 6 in an AIDS clinic in South Africa.
Enietra Washington recounts the night she was shot by the man now suspected of being the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer.
Convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell is sentenced to death for the murders of 11 Ohio women.
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