Gang-related crime
FILE - In this June 6, 2021, file photo, police respond to a multiple fatality shooting in a house in Portland, Ore. The city has seen a spike in gun violence in the past year and authorities say one reason is an increase in gang activity. (Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP, File)
'People are scared' as gang activity fuels Portland violence

By Sara Cline Jun. 10, 2021 01:02 AM EDT

Police searching for accused Baltimore gang leader who fled

Jun. 05, 2021 01:43 PM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — The reputed leader of a violent East Baltimore-based gang who was released to home confinement last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic has fled...

This poster provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Maxsim Yukabets. Yakubets, 33, is best known as co-leader of a cybergang that calls itself Evil Corp. Foreign keyboard criminals with no fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered US fuel shortages and, most recently, a now could be responsible for a disruption in global food supply chains. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)
Global war on ransomware? Hurdles hinder the US response

By Alan Suderman Jun. 05, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month

Jan. 14, 2021 11:37 PM EST
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month. ...

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Corey Johnson, A federal inmate scheduled to be executed less than a week before President Donald Trump leaves office was a gang member who was sentenced to death for killing seven people in Richmond, Virginia in 1992. Johnson is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the federal prison in Terre Haute. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Drug dealer convicted in 7 killings could face execution

By Denise Lavoie Jan. 13, 2021 07:06 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019 file photo, Casanova attends the world premiere of Amazon Prime Video's "Free Meek" limited documentary series at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. Authorities said Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, that Casanova, whose legal name is Caswell Senior, was among 18 people indicted in connection to a litany of gang-related crimes including racketeering, murder, drugs, firearms and fraud offenses. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Invision/AP, File)
Rapper Casanova surrenders in federal racketeering case

By Jim Mustian Dec. 03, 2020 07:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, Casanova attends the world premiere of Amazon Prime Video's "Free Meek" limited documentary series at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. Authorities said Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, that Casanova, whose legal name is Caswell Senior, was among 18 people indicted in connection to a litany of gang-related crimes including racketeering, murder, drugs, firearms and fraud offenses. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Invision/AP, File)
18 indicted, including rapper, in gang-related activity

Dec. 01, 2020 09:58 PM EST

California governor eases penalties for 35 former felons

By Don Thompson Nov. 10, 2020 09:14 PM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom eased the sentences or criminal histories of nearly three dozen current or former felons on Tuesday,...

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. In an alert Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, the FBI and other federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system that could lock up their information systems just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

By Frank Bajak Oct. 28, 2020 09:41 PM EDT

White supremacist on California death row attacks guard

Jul. 17, 2020 08:07 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A white supremacist gang member on California's death row attacked a guard, who was slashed in the hand, corrections officials said. ...

A Chicago police officer helps a child walk through an area being investigated after two men were shot Friday, July 3, 2020, in Chicago. At least 13 people were killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. At least 59 others were shot and wounded. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago's holiday weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded

By Don Babwin Jul. 06, 2020 03:15 PM EDT

Forensic investigators work in the area where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police is sealed off with yellow tape, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. Heavily armed gunmen attacked and wounded police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch in a brazen operation that left an unspecified number of dead, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Brazen ambush of Mexico police chief leaves few options

By María Verza And Christopher Sherman Jun. 27, 2020 12:02 AM EDT

Measures that passed or failed in Georgia General Assembly

Jun. 26, 2020 01:33 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawmakers in the Georgia General Assembly on Friday are concluding the regular 2020 session of the General Assembly after a months-long recess...

In this May 2, 2020, photo, a wall is covered in graffiti in the Manenberg neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa. A preacher recruited members of street gangs to distribute food in a violent and poor neighborhood during the coronavirus lockdown. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
Gangs deliver food in poor Cape Town area amid lockdown

By Gerald Imray May. 18, 2020 03:16 AM EDT

Members of the Missouri House of Representatives end the final day of the regular legislative session with a toss up of papers on Friday, May 15, 2020 at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. The House stands adjourned until May 27, when it will hold a tech session lasting until May 30, according to the House's website message board. (Liv Paggiarino/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP)
Missouri lawmakers OK mail-in voting on final day of work

By Summer Ballentine May. 15, 2020 10:09 AM EDT