Veteran back in custody after escape from jail

Years before his other well-known instances of taking flight – from criminal cases in Madera County, Orange County and, finally, from the Orange County jail itself — Hossein Nayeri fled his post as a U.S. Marine. Nayeri, now 37, enlisted in the Marine Corps as a teenager in August 1998 but vanished from his post […]

U.S. border patrol agents questioning immigration laws

In a shocking reversal of policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are being told to release illegal immigrants and no longer order them to appear at deportation hearings, essentially a license to stay in the United States, a key agent testified Thursday. What’s more, the stand down order includes a requirement that the whereabouts […]

Illegal U.S. border crossing apprehensions on the decline?

While the level of border apprehensions of unaccompanied minors and adults traveling with children this fiscal year has dwarfed years past, the month of January saw fewer migrants detained illegally entering the U.S. than months prior. In January, Customs and Border Patrol apprehended 3,113 unaccompanied minors and 3,145 adults with children, according to new Customs […]

American Sniper widow pens touching tribute to her late husband

For Taya Kyle — widow of legendary Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle — living without her husband is something she hasn’t fully learned to do over these last three years. Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed Feb. 2, 2013, at a Texas shooting range — an act Taya Kyle called “pure evil at work.” A […]

Kansas based ISIS sympathizer pleads guilty over bomb plot

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas man whose lawyer says he is mentally ill pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with a plot to plant a bomb outside an Army post, acknowledging that he wanted to aid the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). John T. Booker Jr. of Topeka admitted in court to trying to […]

Former Blackwater security guards appeal murder conviction

Four former Blackwater security guards who were found guilty in a deadly Baghdad shooting have appealed their convictions on Monday. The men argued that a key witness against them had changed his testimony after the trial and that prosecutors lacked jurisdiction to even bring the case. The appeals, long expected, represent the latest legal volley […]

Officer rescues hostage by dropping the suspect

A robbery suspect was shot and killed by officers respond to a robbery in the afternoon when the suspect took a female hostage and threatened her with a handgun if cops didn’t back down, KDFW-TV reported. Video captured the harrowing scene that unfolded next. One of the officers fired a single shot that struck the […]