Crime and Courts

A Chicago man was charged Thursday with two counts of murder in the first degree and multiple felony gun charges in the shooting deaths of two Israeli Embassy staffers.

The two people gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Washington D.C. Wednesday were young Israeli Embassy staffers who were soon to be engaged.

The suspected gunman was arrested after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot outside of D.C.’s Capital Jewish museum on Wednesday night.

Rapper Kid Cudi took the witness stand Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Two Israeli Embassy staff, couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. See live updates here.

More than 100,000 pounds of illegal fireworks were found and seized by fire officials in Los Angeles County, Cal Fire confirmed Wednesday.

The suspect, dubbed the Blue Glove Bandit, approached the counter in the bank, took a customer hostage then demanded the teller give him money, officials said.

A judge sentenced three men to decades in prison for facilitating a years-long drug-induced robbery scheme at NYC gay bars that ultimately killed two men.

A teenage university student from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to charges in connection with the hacking and extortion of two U.S. companies, federal prosecutors say.

The parole hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez brothers has been pushed back from June 13 to late August.

The capture of Gary C. Price, 21, means six inmates are still at large and the subject of a manhunt by more than 200 law enforcement personnel.

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor said Monday that she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center.

A man suspected in a chemical irritant attack at an shoe store’s after-hours sale was shot and killed Sunday night by the Santa Monica business owner.

Just days before 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail, officials with the sheriff’s office asked for money to fix faulty locks and cell doors deemed a key factor in the escape.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said multiple roosters were roaming the property when they responded, for a total of 72 birds at the scene.

Lillian Frost, who was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme in her surrogacy business, was sentenced after a plea deal with prosecutors.

Lillian Markowitz, who was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme in her surrogacy business, was sentenced after a plea deal with prosecutors, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

Photos released Friday by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office offer a look at how officials believe 10 inmates escaped from a jail in New Orleans.

Officials in New Orleans announced a manhunt after 11 inmates broke out of an Orleans Parish jail early Friday morning.