Crime and Courts

Federal authorities executed a search warrant Tuesday in St. Louis in connection with an investigation in Puerto Rico of a tourist accused of setting businesses on fire last week.

Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo, the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentary.

Authorities have shared new information about the hourslong armed standoff in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood early Monday morning, including that the suspect held his mother, father and grandmother hostage in a bedroom. Andres Rivera, 42, appeared in West Roxbury District Court Tuesday, where he was held without bail on a slew of charges including armed home invasion, assault with a...

A Miramar woman who laundered millions of dollars that were stolen in romance scams was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, authorities said.

An ex-gang leader is filing to dismiss all the charges against him in the killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur decades ago, citing constitutional violations.

The man accused of being drunk when his car struck and killed NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew as they biked near their South Jersey hometown the night before their sister was to be married pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday morning. Prosecutors have offered a plea deal.

A defense expert in the Karen Read case spent hours on the stand Tuesday explaining and defending her work on dog bite analysis ahead of Read’s second trial later this year. Read is accused of hitting her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow in Canton, Massachusetts, outside the home...

Four San Diego State University fraternity members pleaded not guilty Monday to criminal charges stemming from a skit that allegedly involved intentionally setting one of the defendants on fire, causing him to suffer third-degree burns.

A driver is now facing a murder charge over a four-vehicle crash that left a man dead in Lakeville, Massachusetts, last year, prosecutors announced Monday. David DeLorenzo, 74, was indicted Friday by a grand jury on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle, homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence, assault and battery with a deadly...

The alleged incident is said to have occurred while the Grammy-nominated artist was on tour in Detroit in April, the lawsuit said.

An armed robbery at a popular chain restaurant in downtown Boston last week was staged, officials said Monday, announcing the arrest of a man and his ex-wife’s son.

President Joe Biden told mourners in New Orleans that they are not alone as he paid tribute to victims of the deadly New Year’s attack.

The man found dead in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, over the weekend had been beaten with a baseball bat days before, authorities revealed in court documents, as a man suspected of beating him appeared in court. Ryan Wilcox, 32, is charged with armed assault with intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault with...

A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former host Skip Bayless offered her $1.5 million to have sex with him.

Rudy Giuliani is testifying in a New York courtroom at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers.

The 42-year-old Texas man once impressed an Army commander with his attitude and work ethic, but over the past few years, his life began to deteriorate.

The driver who killed at least 14 people and injured 30 was from Texas and was a U.S. citizen.

A Virginia man was arrested after federal authorities found a cache of homemade explosive devices, some of which were marked as “lethal,” at his home, marking the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history, officials said.

A Colorado man spent New Year’s Eve behind bars, accused of bias crimes for allegedly trying to strangle a TV news reporter while saying, “This is Trump’s America now,” officials said.

Authorities have released the identity of the sleeping woman burned to death inside a New York City subway train by a man who allegedly lit her on fire and stayed to watch the aftermath, officials said Tuesday.