Crime

Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a Justice Department news conference.

The confrontation came as officials warned of an increase in threats against federal agents in the days following a search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Muhammad Syed, who is 51, was taken into custody a day earlier after a traffic stop more than 100 miles away.

Barry Croft Jr., of Bear, Delaware, will be put on trial again after a jury in April couldn’t reach a verdict.

Pamela Johnson, executive director of the Anti-Violence Coalition of Hudson County, said the Murphy administration helps fund her violence prevention strategies.

The search intensifies the months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in more than a dozen boxes located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.

The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery has been sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

Dahmier Harmon, 26, was taken into custody without incident by police in Fayetteville.

It is the longest sentence imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.

The suspect fired shots at the responding officers and a barricade was declared.

WHYY student interns team up with P.O.C., a partner in the News and Information Community Exchange, to survey residents about their feelings on the National Guard.

Due to safety concerns in Kensington, the City of Philadelphia is downsizing a program designed to encourage outdoor play for kids.

An effort to help Delaware towns improve lighting as a way to fight crime is getting a $2.5 million boost in funding from the American Rescue Plan.

In a deal with prosecutors, Alan Byerly, 55, admitted to wielding a stun gun while confronting officers who were trying to protect the Capitol from the angry mob.

The D.A.'s office said one of the guns was used in a shooting.