Las Vegas shooter was retired, had no criminal record

The man who killed 58 people and injured at least 515 others at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived, police said Monday. The brother of Stephen Paddock, 64, said he's "completely dumbfounded" by the shooting at a country music concert Sunday night, the deadliest in modern U.S. history.

Why Are NCAA Recruiting Violations a Crime–Let Alone a Federal One?

When I first heard the University of Louisville basketball program was involved in some recruiting scandal, I was shocked-shocked!-because an ethical cloud hangs around its coach Rick Pitino like Pig-Pen of Peanuts fame. Then I heard that the FBI had been investigating multiple schools for similar violations and I thought two things: I'm again shocked-shocked!-that shamateurism prevails in the NCAA, and why does any law enforcement agency care? Here's what allegedly happened: An executive at sportswear manufacturer Adidas named James Gatto funneled significant sums of money to high school basketball players who then committed to Louisville.

FBI crime report shows McHenry County trends

In 2016, the Woodstock Police Department encountered a strange uptick in arsons: A 300 percent increase from the previous year. "Arson is a fire set by a human," said Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb, commenting on the figures detailed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual crime report, a rundown of statistics compiled from 2016.

Robert Muellera s Russia investigation team loses second FBI veteran

Special counsel Robert Mueller has now lost a second official that he brought in from the FBI to help investigate Russia's alleged meddling in last year's presidential election, ABC News has learned. The latest FBI veteran to leave, Lisa Page, was described by media accounts in June as a trial attorney with "deep experience [in] money laundering and organized crime cases."

Florida man with FBI t-shirt offers cash bribes to politicians during public meeting

The businessman tossed wads of real cash - ten $100 bills paper-clipped together - at each member of the Tallahassee City Commission. Florida man with FBI t-shirt offers cash bribes to politicians during public meeting The businessman tossed wads of real cash - ten $100 bills paper-clipped together - at each member of the Tallahassee City Commission.

Violent crime falls in Mass. for sixth straight year

The FBI this week released its annual report on crime in the United States, finding the number of violent crimes in the country on the rise for the second year in a row. The estimated rate of violent crime in the U.S. was 386.3 offenses per 100,000 residents - for a total of more than 1.2 million incidents - in 2016, an increase of 3.4 percent over the 2015 rate.

FBI releases shocking new data on murder rates hidden by Obama administration

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released the 2016 edition of its Crime in the United States report, which is a part of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports . Covering January-December 2016, the FBI report "reaffirms that the worrying violent crime increase that began in 2015 after many years of decline was not an isolated incident."

Violent Crime, Homicide Rates Rose in 2016 for Second Straight Year

Violent crime and homicide rates rose in the U.S. in 2016 for the second consecutive year, driven in part by a spike in murders in large cities, according to national data released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Trump administration seized on the report as further evidence that the U.S. is experiencing a surge in deadly violence.

White House stonewalls Capitol Hill over records in Russia probe

Tension is rising between congressional investigators probing Russia meddling and the Trump administration, as the White House and Justice Department withhold a number of records sought by Capitol Hill at a critical time in the investigations. Operating on parallel tracks from special counsel Robert Mueller, the three congressional committees probing Russia's election meddling have asked for scores of documents related to everything from Jared Kushner's security clearance to records surrounding President Donald Trump's discussions with James Comey before he was fired as FBI director.

Judiciary considers subpoenas for Manafort, FBI officials

The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering issuing subpoenas to President Donald Trump 's former campaign chairman and two FBI officials close to fired director James Comey as part of the panel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election s. It would be the second time the panel has subpoenaed Paul Manafort , Trump's former campaign chairman.

How the government can steal your stuff: 6 questions about civil asset forfeiture answered

Editor's note: Should someone wearing a badge have the power to relieve a suspected drug dealer of his Maserati on the spot without giving him an opportunity to flee or liquidate and launder his assets? Known as civil asset forfeiture, this practice might sound like a wise policy. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Congress are challenging the Trump administration's embrace of the arrangement, which strips billions of dollars a year from Americans - who often have not been charged with a crime.