Texas Amber Alert: Missing 15-year-old girl found

The Texas Department of Public Safety reported on May 22 that Sharolen Roque had been found.

New Orleans jailbreak: Crypto site lets users bet on next inmate capture

Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction site, is letting users wager on which escaped New Orleans inmate will be caught next—just days after 10 inmates broke out of the Orleans Justice Center.

Downtown Austin police chase ends in crash

A police pursuit ended with a crash in downtown Austin on Wednesday morning.

Family of teen shot in the head in 2023 wants murder case solved

The family of a teen shot in the head in 2023 is voicing their frustrations after the Austin Police Department says all their homicide cases in 2023 were cleared.

Austin man sentenced to 12 years after 2023 SWAT standoff

According to court documents, 38-year-old Steven Moreno Briseno was arrested by Austin police after he surrendered during a barricaded standoff at his family's home in east Austin.

Rapper Rod Wave facing assault, gun, other charges in Georgia

Rapper Rod Wave turned himself in to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on more than a dozen charges stemming from an April 21 police call in Milton.

Men from Texas, Florida charged in connection with missing Utah teen

A South Texas man and a Florida man have been charged in connection with a 15-year-old girl from Utah who went missing on April 21, 2025. The teen is still missing.

DOJ files motion to dismiss Minneapolis consent decree

The Department of Justice has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the federal consent decree against the City of Minneapolis created in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.

Nearly 300 years in prison: TX man sentenced for assaulting multiple minors in his home

A multi-generational child predator from Texas has been sentenced to nearly three centuries in prison for sexually assaulting minors who lived in his home during different periods of his life.

Kid Cudi to take the stand in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ federal sex-trafficking trial

Federal prosecutors have called Kid Cudi to testify in Sean “Diddy" Combs’ sex-trafficking trial after Cassie claimed the rapper threatened to blow up his car during their brief relationship.

TDCJ executes Texas man who set an elderly Garland gas station clerk on fire

A Texas death row inmate, 49-year-old Matthew Johnson, was executed Tuesday evening. He was convicted of murdering a Garland gas station attendant exactly 13 years ago, on May 20, 2012.

Former Uvalde mayor’s police training bill heads to Gov. Abbott’s desk

A bill intended to fix some issues in police training that may have contributed to the 2022 Uvalde school shooting now awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval.

Leander ISD student-teacher arrested for improper relationship with student

A Leander ISD student-teacher is facing a felony charge after the district learned she had had sex with a student, who was also her co-worker at a local grocery store.