Sep 22, 2026
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a 28-year-old Venezuelan man identified as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas. The man was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, and the incident prompted immediate protests at the scene.
Mississippi police arrested a man in connection with the killing of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned home, after the medical examiner ruled it a homicide.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation to President Zelensky and parliament following a corruption scandal involving illegal call centers. His offices were searched days earlier as part of the investigation.
The Department of Justice announced the creation of a National Fraud Detection Center to investigate major fraud in federal programs, coinciding with the General Services Administration's disclosure of a record $13 billion in suspected procurement fraud that will be referred to investigators.
Seven people, including two police officers Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, died after a vehicle traveling the wrong way on a major road collided with a marked police armed response car in northeast England. The incident follows similar crashes in Ireland linked to a social media trend.
FBI arrested Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany for allegedly plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack on the New York State Capitol building. Bowie also discussed future attacks on the White House and Times Square New Year's Eve celebration.
Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell at San Francisco airport and raided his Washington, D.C. home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation tied to sexual assault allegations that surfaced earlier this year.
The Justice Department charged 11 people in connection with a decade-long immigration fraud scheme that allegedly arranged approximately 1,000 sham marriages between Chinese nationals and U.S. citizens to help the foreign nationals obtain legal immigration status and green cards.
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against five high-ranking members of Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel and announced over $100 million in rewards, including $25 million for U.S. citizen Juan Carlos González. The charges include drug trafficking, murders, money laundering, and a timeshare fraud scheme that allegedly scammed seniors out of $400 million.
Italian authorities arrested four people suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in October targeting Sigfrido Ranucci, an investigative journalist for the program Report who has faced threats from the Italian mafia. The attack occurred at his home.
Toronto police have identified a 'multilayered' gun-for-hire network responsible for dozens of shootings across the Greater Toronto Area, including attacks on the U.S. consulate in March, Jewish schools and synagogues, and waste management facilities. Police Chief Myron Demkiw indicated that youth are being hired to carry out these crimes.
At least 12 people were killed and nine injured when a gang of approximately 10 gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, on Tuesday night before fleeing in a minivan. South African police have launched a manhunt with no arrests made yet.
The Department of Justice has announced the creation of a new West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force to investigate fraud targeting Medicare and other government health programs in western states including Nevada, responding to criminals following retiree migration patterns.