Crime

Christa Pike set to be first Tennessee woman executed in 200 years, lawyers ask Gov. Lee for mercy

Pike's lawyers have since uncovered documented proof of her childhood sexual and physical abuse. She was reportedly raped several times as a toddler and throughout her teenage years.

Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.
 A poison warning on a bottle; illustrative

Pakistani teenager suspected to have used AI system for guidance in attempted poisoning of father

Pakistani police officers keeping security in a public area. Ilustrative.

Chinese national among 212 arrested in Pakistan as authorities crack down on call center fraud

 BARRACKS AT the Stutthof concentration camp, photographed after its liberation.

German prosecutors investigate alleged 105-year-old former-Nazi PoW camp guard over WWII crimes


Court adds two years to sentence of man who stole cars from Kibbutz Be'eri after Oct. 7

Judges Gilat Shalev, Itay Bresler-Gonen, and Fani Gilat Cohen accepted the state’s appeal against the original five-and-a-half-year sentence, while rejecting Haddad’s appeal.

The remains of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, as seen on Jan. 4, 2024.

Hadera man arrested for allegedly assaulting nurse at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

According to police, a patient approached the nurse during her shift, and an argument developed during which he allegedly began behaving violently and verbally abusing her.

A nurse walks through the corridors of the sterile ward at the Timone pediatric hospital in Marseille on January 23, 2026. (Illustrative)

Pakistani girl, 3, sold into marriage for $9,000 under 'walwar' custom, sparking int'l outrage

Police arrested the girl’s father and are searching for the 60-year-old man identified as her alleged husband as investigators examine links to the killing of her older sister.

Pakistani girl helps make bricks at a kiln during World Day Against Child Labour on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 12, 2014.

'Irresponsible statement': IDF denies reports of tunnels in Kalkilya, says only 'shafts' located

"The presence of a tunnel route was ruled out. It was also determined that the shafts were not located in proximity to the area of the security barrier," the military stated.

Israeli Border Police forces from the Jerusalem Envelope unit uncover a tunnel that Palestinians allegedly attempted to dig beneath the separation barrier near the village of Al-Jib, West Bank, September 9, 2026.

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for New York sexual assault

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted at a retrial of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006.

 Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court for the retrial of his rape case on May 13, 2026, in New York City.

IDF soldier faces murder charges in connection with feud between Sawa'ad, Khaldi criminal groups

Lahav 433 investigators from the National Serious and International Crime Unit (YAHBAL) arrested the soldier after he attempted to burn his getaway vehicle.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.

ADL launches research, resource hub for online pathways to youth violence, extremism

The initiative focuses on digital spaces that glorify mass shooters and killers, which the ADL claims contribute to the normalization and desensitization of violent content.

Hacker in a hood

Shooting at South Africa house party kills 11, injures three

The motive for the attack is not known, but police said initial investigation showed some of the victims were known to authorities, without giving details.

A forensic vehicle is parked near the scene where several people were killed and several others injured, in the township of KwaMakhutha near Durban, South Africa, September 23, 2026.

Police claim to solve murder of Yanis Yushayev, prosecutor's declaration filed against Hazon man

The investigation was opened on August 23 after police received a report of a man being shot at the gas station. Medical teams that arrived at the scene pronounced Yushayev dead.

Yanis Yushayev

Police seize over 60 kg. of drugs in raids across central Israel

Police also seized millions of shekels' worth of drugs in two separate raids on drug trafficking centers in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Drugs and drug paraphernalia seized from a central Israel apartment on September 22, 2026.