Internal FBI surveys show high support for ex-FBI head Comey

Despite White House claims to the contrary, fired FBI Director James Comey was highly respected and trusted within the bureau during his nearly four-year tenure, according to internal survey results released Wednesday. The data detailing bureau attitudes about Comey contradict White House assertions that Comey, fired by President Donald Trump in May, had lost the confidence of the bureau's rank and file.

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U.S. Attorney’s Office Will Not Investigate Crumbling Concrete Foundations In Connecticut

The U.S. Attorney's office has rejected a complaint filed by homeowners seeking a federal investigation into failing concrete foundations. In a letter dated Aug. 11, Nancy Gifford, Assistant U.S. Attorney, wrote that the office was unable to provide further assistance to the homeowners, but that victims could contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation .

FBI probe underway into Virginia white nationalist rally violence

Two people stop to comfort Joseph Culver of Charlottesville as he kneels at a late night vigil to pay his respect for a friend injured in a car attack on counter protesters after the "Unite the Right" rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg Two people stop to comfort Joseph Culver of Charlottesville as he kneels at a late night vigil to pay his respect for a friend injured in a car attack on counter protesters after the "Unite the Right" rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017.

Pressure on Trump as FBI eyes deadly rally

US President Donald Trump is facing one of his biggest domestic challenges yet after a white nationalist rally in Virginia turned violent, killing one person and injuring more than 30. The violence in the Southern college town of Charlottesville on Saturday was widely condemned, with many politicians and activists on both the left and right also criticising Trump for waiting too long to address it and when he did, failing to explicitly condemn the white-supremacist marchers who ignited the melee.

MS-13 gang member on FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list arrested

An MS-13 gang member on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list has been captured in Virginia after a four-year manhunt, authorities announced Saturday. Walter Yovany Gomez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was arrested without incident Friday in Woodbridge, 20 miles south of Washington, as a result of a well-coordinated investigation and tips from the public, the FBI said.

Virginia police, FBI probe deadly violence at white nationalist rally

U.S. authorities will investigate on Sunday the violence stemming from a white nationalist rally a day earlier that killed one person, injured more than 30, and challenged U.S. President Donald Trump's leadership. The unrest in the southern college town presented Trump with a domestic crisis, with many on both left and right criticizing him for waiting too long to address it and then, when he did so, failing to explicitly condemn the white-supremacist marchers who ignited the melee.

FBI Probes Charlottesville Deadly Car Ramming

The FBI said it has opened a civil rights investigation into the circumstances that led a driver to plow a car into a crowd while white nationalist activists and counter-protesters clashed in Charlottesville on Saturday. "The Richmond FBI Field Office, the Civil Rights Division and the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia have opened a civil rights investigation into the circumstances of the deadly vehicular incident that occurred earlier Saturday morning," the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Richmond Division said in a statement.

Many types of forensic evidence have been discredited, but the…

Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of convictions based on flawed forensic evidence, scientists and lawyers are increasingly skeptical that culprits can be accurately identified by matching fingerprints, hair samples, bite marks, bullets, and tread marks to suspects.

Jury rules: Former FBI agent and his daughter murderously crushed her husband’s skull

Thomas Martens had told the 911 operator he thought he had killed his son-in-law, and when authorities arrived at the brick house on a golf course in Lexington, N.C., there was little argument. Jason Corbett was naked on the floor of his bedroom.

DB Cooper mystery: ‘Potential’ physical evidence uncovered in search

A crew of volunteer cold-case investigators in the Pacific Northwest, led by a former FBI agent, has uncovered what they believe to be "potential evidence" in the 46-year-old mystery of D.B. Cooper. Thomas Colbert, a TV and film executive who helped put together the team with his partner and wife Dawna, confirmed to Fox News that his group had uncovered what "appears to be a decades-old parachute strap."

FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home

FBI agents raided the Alexandria, Va., home of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Federal agents appeared at Paul Manafort's home without warning in the predawn hours of July 26, the day after he met voluntarily with the staff for the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Justice Department resumes effort to improve forensic testimony

The U.S. Justice Department is reviving efforts that first started under the Obama administration to develop uniform standards governing what forensic experts are permitted to say during criminal trials. The forensic science initiative, announced on Monday by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a speech in Atlanta, will also entail setting up a monitoring program to ensure such experts are complying with the standards.