L.A. producer accused of fleecing dad’s longtime pal out of $7 million in brazen scam Exclusive: The man Justin Berns allegedly duped has known him since he was 4 years old, according to the FBI The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
Don't click on those road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scam The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
MAGA paranoia’s new frontier The Department of Homeland Security is using polygraph tests against its own workforce Salon · Mar 13, 2025
Child illegally taken by her mother from US to Mexico in 1999 is found and reconnects with dad A Connecticut father’s quarter-century search for his missing daughter has come to a happy conclusion The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025
Remains of missing Oregon toddler are found in river after 11-day search A GoFundMe has raised over $20,000 for Dane Paulsen’s parents The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025
Trump Declares Tesla Vandals 'Domestic Terrorists' It's far from the first case of terrorism inflation. Reason · Mar 12, 2025
FBI gives warning to iPhone and Android users over ‘smishing’ texts Smishing is a combination of SMS — a text message service — and phishing, which is a deceptive tactic used to steal people’s personal information The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025
The parallels between Kash Patel and William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering 1920s FBI director — an FBI historian explains After winning the 2024 election, President Donald Trump said on Nov. 30 that his new FBI director would be Kash Patel, a controversial lawyer and former Trump aide known for backing right-wing conspiracies. The Conversation · Mar 12, 2025
Trump is using antisemitism as a pretext for a war on the first amendment The Trump administration is not interested in combating antisemitism. It just wants to silence its opponents instead The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2025
FBI Alert: Massive 'Smishing' Scam Targets iPhone, Android Users Nationwide Hackers have set up over 10,000 websites to launch a new wave of attacks. The FBI advises iPhone and Android users to delete any suspicious text messages immediately to stay safe. International Business Times · Mar 12, 2025
Pittsburgh college student’s disappearance in the Dominican Republic being treated as an accident, police say Police say the man who last saw the 20-year-old student is ‘cooperating’ with the investigation and is not a suspect The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025
American Airlines passenger ‘beat fellow traveller’ claiming he was ‘mad’ and wanted to speak to Trump Asterius Rulamka caused chaos on flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington D.C. on March 5, exactly five weeks after fatal crash of an American Airlines flight on same route The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
DoJ official says she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights Elizabeth Oyer claims justice department senior ‘bullied’ her due to Trump’s relationship with actor sentenced for domestic violence in 2011 The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2025
"Someone said, 'Ozzy and Sharon would like to say hi'. I was so starstruck!" From Ozzfest and partying with Bullet For My Valentine to stalkers and dodgy photoshoots, Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map From their goth metal breakouts to Ozzfest and requiring FBI support against stalkers, Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map Metal Hammer · Mar 11, 2025
The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2025 Fears mount over Kash Patel’s use of FBI to persecute leftwing protest groups Concern over crackdown on anti-fascists and Black Lives Matter movement as Trump loyalist takes control of agency
The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025 Police in the Dominican Republic say FBI joins search for US student who vanished on spring break Police in the Dominican Republic say the FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break in the tourist town of Punta Cana
The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025 What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries In what’s been called a “Friday night massacre” at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals on Feb. 21, 2025, including Air Force General C.Q. Brown and Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Trump also fired military lawyers who advise senior officers on the legality of their behavior…
The Guardian - US · Mar 10, 2025 Trump’s January 6 pardon doesn’t cover FBI murder plot conviction, judge rules Judge denies Edward Kelley’s motion to dismiss separate charges of plotting to kill federal agents investigating him
Latin Times · Mar 10, 2025 Kristi Noem Taps New Leader of ICE After Forcing Workers to Take Polygraphs Over Media 'Leaks' DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced new leadership at ICE as the agency faces frustration over the pace of deportations
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 North Korean hackers are cashing out after world’s biggest crypto heist, experts warn Hackers using automated tools and working in shifts to convert assets to fiat money, experts say
The Guardian - US · Mar 10, 2025 Kleptocrats to benefit from Trump DoJ’s anti-corruption pause, experts warn Former prosecutors criticize Pam Bondi’s decision to halt enforcement of bribery laws as short-sighted and dangerous
WhatToWatch · Mar 10, 2025 Dark Winds season 3 episode 1: the haunting of Joe Leaphorn In Dark Winds season 3 episode 1, Joe takes on a new case, while Bernadette patrols the border (SPOILERS ahead).
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025 A woman was violently murdered two decades ago. Her killer got life but investigators never found her body – now the search continues Jennifer Marcum vanished without a trace after traveling to Denver International Airport, Colorado on February 17, 2003. For the past 22 years, her family and senior FBI officials were tormented by her convicted killer ‘Hannibal’ but her father said they never found solace in her loss because they were deprived…
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2025 Judge awards nearly $2M after concluding FBI agent was negligent in shooting kidnapped Texas man A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI agent was negligent when he fatally shot a kidnapped Texas man during a botched rescue attempt in 2018
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2025 JFK, RFK and MLK: The conspiracies behind each assassination that continue to enthrall amateur sleuths As the deadline for the release of the files looms, Rhian Lubin revisits some of the outlandish and more compelling theories out there about the killings of JFK, RFK and MLK