A Texas jury on Friday acquitted an 83-year-old anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative, considered an archfoe by Havana, of charges he lied to U.S. authorities about his role in bomb attacks against tourist areas in Cuba in 1997.
But it turns out the truth is actually more outrageous: Christina Thede, the cyclist who was arrested, tells us she didn't run a red light at all. Her crime? Criticizing a plainclothes cop who nearly doored her.
El Paso police attempted to intimidate a man who was videotaping them in public, insinuating that they could cost him his job.
They even called his supervisor to the scene, even though he had done nothing illegal.
Jesus Lopez-Ledesma, a taxicab
Eight-year-old Aidan Elliott had thrown a TV and chairs at his Colorado elementary school and was trying to use a cart to bust through a door to an office where teachers and other students fled for safety.
Police say an Ohio man has been charged with a misdemeanor for barking at a police dog. A police report says 25-year-old Ryan James Stephens was charged with teasing a police dog in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason.
A man police say grabbed paper towels from a maintenance cart at a rail station in Atlanta and used them to blow his nose wound up in jail. A police report says a man identified as Alfred Murphy grabbed the towels at a MARTA station Monday afternoon,
A once-classified FBI memo reveals that the bureau treated a senior ABC News journalist as a potential confidential informant in the 1990s, pumping the reporter to ascertain the source of a sensational but uncorroborated tip that the network had obt
Surveillance video appears to show Birmingham police beating Travarious Daniel, 29, after he raised his hands to surrender in the early hours of March 20. Daniel was charged with receiving stolen goods and breaking and entering into a vehicle.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against the Newark Police Dept. for illegally handcuffing and detaining a Newark high school honors student who captured video footage on her cellphone of officers responding to an incident on
This is going to have to be anonymous because I learned I could actually get into serious trouble with social services for this??!! My 4-year-old goes to pre-k. My 9-month-old had an ear infection and an upper respiratory infection. It was a 20 degr
Amazon’s decision to launch its new Cloud Player without securing additional music licenses has been described as a “bold move” by many observers. It takes serious guts for Amazon to simply declare that it doesn’t need licenses
The digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced Thursday it had discovered violations stemming from the FBI's use of expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Documents obtained by the group as the result of pend
The single lawsuit targets 5,865 downloaders, making it theoretically worth as much as $879,750,000 — more money than the U.S. box-office gross for Avatar.
A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for shooting a man to death without justification after Hurricane Katrina, and his ex-colleague was given 17 years for burning the body. Former officer David Warren was
Miami Beach Mayor Mattie Herrera Bower said the situation was getting out of control.
"Here is this one policeman, and the crowd is getting bigger and bigger," Bower said. "He had to be in control. There was no doubt that a policeman needs to
Hillary Clinton unavailable for comment….
With 30 aircrafts patrolling at least 30 days, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office most recent crime suppression sweep is poised to become one of the largest in Arizona’s history
Sheriff Joe Ar
Police said a stun gun was used on a man multiple times after he resisted an officer during a traffic stop in Fife.
According to Fife police Lt. Tom Thompson, a Fife officer made a traffic stop on the on ramp of southbound I-5 at the Port of Taco
A group of about 70 protesters who were arrested after the 2005 inauguration of President George W. Bush will receive at least $2,000 each, according to a settlement approved in a Washington federal court.
A group of about 70 protesters who were arrested after the 2005 inauguration of President George W. Bush will receive at least $2,000 each, according to a settlement approved in a Washington federal court.
The ruling means he can try to subpoena Cheney to testify about the incident, said Howards' attorney. "I fully intend on deposing the former vice president,"
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said he and nine other chiefs of major U.S. cities were summoned to Washington, D.C. last Tuesday. According to Flynn, Attorney General Eric Holder wanted to questioned them about protecting their officers.
A total
The name of the Piscataway cop who barricaded himself inside his home in a 10-hour standoff with police has been released. Detective Sgt. David L. Powell died at the scene.
It is unclear if Powell killed himself or was killed by responding officer
[Protecting their turf?] A YouTube video of feuding Delaware County police officers is making international headlines at the same time an investigation is under way in the District Attorney's Office.
"Get out of Darby, get out of Darby," Robert
Columbus police have deployed a new shotgun-style stun gun that can hit targets up to 100 feet away.
The Taser X12 shoots wireless cartridges that travel about 1,000 feet per second, officials said. The projectiles are similar in size and shape to
Don't expect Google to remove apps that help users avoid DUI checkpoints -- the company says it is leaving the controversial apps on its Android Marketplace.
A source said the company only removes apps that violate its Android content policies an
With actor Steven Seagal riding shotgun, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office rolled in a tank and SWAT team to take down a man suspect of cockfighting.
Although charged with the possession of six plus ounces of weed, Nelson will please guilty to possessing just over three thanks to Hudspeth County Attorney C.R. "Kit" Bramblett, who openly calls Nelson his "favorite artist."