Criminal investigations news and stories by mail.com

September 28, 2016

AP: Across US, police officers abuse confidential databases

Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, ...

September 27, 2016

APNewsBreak: Another prep school finds sex abuse in its past

The Pomfret School in Connecticut has revealed that several of its teachers engaged in improper conduct with students between ...

September 27, 2016

FBI chief says immunity for Clinton aide limited to laptop

FBI Director James Comey told Congress on Tuesday that his agency granted immunity to Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff ...

September 27, 2016

Senators press FBI director on response to terrorism threat

Republican senators pressed FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday about whether anything more could have been done to prevent ...

September 26, 2016

Chinese firm charged with plotting to evade NKorea sanctions

The Justice Department on Monday unsealed criminal charges against a China-based company and four of its executives for ...

September 26, 2016

Brazil arrests Silva's ex-finance minister in graft probe

Brazilian authorities arrested a former finance minister Monday for his alleged role in a massive kickback scheme, the latest ...

September 26, 2016

The Latest: Investigators still at Houston shooting scene

The Latest on a shooting at in Houston neighborhood (all times local): 5:10 p.m. Houston police and state and federal agents ...

September 26, 2016

Politics, outsider status shield Trump from House oversight

Donald Trump's status as a Washington outsider fuels his fiery populism and also is helping to shield him from the scrutiny ...

September 25, 2016

Police probing triple homicide search for missing teen

Police investigating a triple homicide inside a Southern California home were searching for a teenage girl who lived there ...

September 24, 2016

Things to Know about deadly shootings at mall in Washington

Authorities on Sunday were investigating the background and possible motive of the suspect arrested in the slayings of five ...

September 24, 2016

Hundreds at funeral for Ohio boy, 13, fatally shot by police

A 13-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by a police officer investigating a report of an armed robbery was remembered at his ...

September 24, 2016

Outsider status, politics shields Trump from House oversight

Donald Trump's status as a Washington outsider fuels his fiery populism and also is helping to shield him from the scrutiny ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Doubts follow release of police shooting video

The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man (all times local): ___ ...

September 24, 2016

Q&A: How NY bomb case shows difficulties for investigators

The man accused in the Manhattan bombing was flagged for an interview with Customs officials in the course of an overseas ...

September 24, 2016

New law may complicate release of Charlotte police video

Protesters who have filled the streets to push for the release of video of a fatal police shooting could see their task get ...

September 23, 2016

Utah heir-tracing firm pleads not guilty in antitrust case

A Salt Lake City company specializing in the little-known business of tracking down heirs to unclaimed inheritances pleaded ...

September 23, 2016

GOP lawmaker: FBI gave immunity to top Clinton aide

Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange ...

September 23, 2016

Officer in boy's fatal shooting helped save another's life

The Columbus police officer who fatally shot a 13-year-old black boy during an armed robbery investigation once helped save ...

September 23, 2016

The Latest: Westbrook says fatal Tulsa shooting hits home

The Latest on an Oklahoma police officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Oklahoma City ...