Criminality

California man admits sending fake ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie abduction

Last week, celebrity news site TMZ.com reported receiving an email from someone claiming to know the identities of the abductors and to have video of the "main guy" involved in her kidnapping.

|ByREUTERS
A closer view of the FBI building on day two of a partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen after a court hearing in his trial, at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026

Why Netanyahu's bribery charge remains despite judges' doubts - analysis

The case has unfolded across a decade of investigations, indictments, elections, governments, protest movements, wars, and institutional battles.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The Shin Bet emblem.

Shin Bet officer petitions High Court against Knesset decision to grant Gotliv immunity

Hours after MK Tally Gotliv was granted immunity, the Shin Bet officer she exposed filed a High Court petition seeking to block the decision and restore criminal proceedings.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, KESHET NEEV
California seedless raisins are seen June 9, 2005 in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Raisin industry heir Bruce Lion charged in antisemitic harassment case in LA

Bruce Lion, heir to a San Joaquin Valley raisin family, has been charged with felony threats and bias motivated offenses after allegedly targeting his Jewish neighbor in Los Angeles.

|ByROBERT RODRIGUEZ/THE FRESNO BEE/TNS

Trump travels to Atlanta for mug shot and booking in election case

Trump, 77, already has entered uncharted territory as the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByREUTERS
.S. President Donald Trump reacts while talking to reporters as he departs to visit storm-hit areas of Alabama from the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2019.

Exposure to lead as children can lead to criminal behavior in adulthood

17 individual studies have made the link between prenatal exposure to traces of lead and detrimental impacts on the brain lasting up to adulthood.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Closeup of lead machine, artist in background