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Peter Schaktman, 66, a rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Utica, New York, was among eight people arrested during a New York State Police investigation. Schaktman was charged with second-degree attempted rape. According to police and court records reported by mult...

Israeli authorities have investigated and prosecuted international human trafficking networks involving the recruitment of women from Brazil for sexual exploitation in Israel. Reported cases have included allegations that women were recruited with promises ...

Ukraine carried out a drone attack on Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region on August 10, 2026. Ukrainian military authorities said the operation targeted the TANECO oil refinery, while Russian authorities reported that residential and industrial areas w...

Rabbi and counselor Shaya Lunger was released on bond on April 21, 2026, following a second arrest connected to separate allegations involving two teenage girls. Authorities stated that the cases are being handled as distinct investigations and remain ongoi...

Federal authorities arrested 26-year-old Alexander Heifler in March 2026 over an alleged plot to carry out a violent attack against New York-based Palestinian-American activist Nerdeen Kiswani. According to law enforcement statements, Heifler was taken into...

Robert “Bobby” Edwards, founder of :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}, has been arrested on charges related to the receipt of explicit images involving children, according to law enforcement authorities. Investigators stated that Edwards was taken into ...

Investigative reporting in early 2026 found that the FedEx shipping account of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in August 2019, showed activity years after his death. Investigators accessed the account using a password that was published in ...

Karl Jacobson faces embezzlement charges On February 20, 2026, former New Haven, Connecticut, Police Chief Karl Jacobson was arrested on two counts of larceny in the first degree after authorities alleged he stole approximately $85,500 from two city police...

Invoices and shipping records from Jeffrey Epstein’s FedEx account were reportedly removed in February 2026 after investigators found evidence that the account had been used after Epstein’s death in August 2019. Investigators accessed the account and noted ...

Israeli Soldier Charged With Looting In Gaza War On February 18, 2026 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that only one Israeli soldier has been formally charged with looting during the Gaza war, based on data released by the IDF’s military establish...

On May 25, 1993, domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, mailed an explosive device to David Gelemster, a historical act that contributed to his nationwide bombing campaign. Kaczynski was later apprehended and sentenced to life in pri...

On February 12, 2026, newly released U.S. Department of Justice documents revealed an email from Jeffrey Epstein to Microsoft co‑founder Bill Gates dated December 20, 2016 — just over one month after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. In the e...

Squatty Potty creator faces child pornography charges in Utah On February 10, 2026, a federal grand jury in Utah indicted Robert "Bobby" Edwards, co-creator of the toilet stool brand Squatty Potty, on a charge of receipt of child pornograph...

On February 8, 2026, multiple news organisations reported that American film producer Barry Josephson’s name appears in documents released as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a large cache of emails, correspondence and records published by the United Stat...

Former Salt Lake City Fire Department battalion chief Kelly J. Carter arrested on child sexual exploitation charges On February 6, 2026, Kelly Jay Carter, a 51‑year‑old retired battalion chief of the Salt Lake City Fire Department in Utah, was ar...

Thai authorities arrested an Israeli national in Krabi province on suspicion of operating an illegal cannabis farm. The raid took place on January 21, 2026, after a more than two‑month investigation. Police said the facility was found to be cultivating can...

On January 20, 2026, a major train collision occurred in Spain involving two passenger trains. A Madrid-bound train derailed on a straight section of track and was struck head-on by another locomotive traveling at approximately 200 km/h. The collision resul...

On January 4, 2026, Judge Benny Sagi, president of the Beersheba District Court in southern Israel, died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 6. Police reported that an off‑road vehicle veered onto the highway and struck Sagi’s motorcycle, and he was pronounced...

Eric Gurvis, a former rabbi who previously served at Temple Shalom in Newton, Massachusetts, was arrested in December 2025 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as part of a law enforcement sting operation targeting alleged child sexual exploitation offenses. Autho...

Months after the September 10, 2025 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while speaking at Utah Valley University, investigators and legal proceedings continue to leave key questions unanswered. Prosecutors have charged 22‑year‑old Tyler Robi...

Reports and warnings from humanitarian organizations, demining teams, and local authorities have highlighted the danger posed by explosive devices and unexploded ordnance found in conflict-affected areas of Gaza and southern Lebanon. Many of these hazards r...

On October 17, 2025, the director of the Government Media Office in Gaza, Dr. Ismail al-Thawabta, publicly accused the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) of removing organs from Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza after the exchange of prisoners and hostages. Al-T...

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was on police bail following an earlier arrest on suspicion of rape when he carried out a deadly attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on October 2, 2025, according to Greater Manchester Police. He had no...

Dovid Akiva Shenkman, a former Chicago resident, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving possession and transportation of child pornography and was sentenced in September 2025 to nearly eight years in federal prison. He had been arrested in November 202...

Rabbi Levi Cash was arrested in Delray Beach, Florida, on September 22, 2025, following an undercover law enforcement operation involving allegations of attempted unlawful contact with a minor. According to police statements, the arrest occurred after inves...

Allentown Noose Incident Allegedly Planted by City Worker (USA, 2025) In June 2025, a female city employee in Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported discovering a noose hanging at her workstation inside a municipal office building. She informed superv...

In June 2025, a sweeping law enforcement initiative across Texas known as Operation Soteria Shield led to the rescue of 109 children and the arrest of 244 individuals suspected of involvement in child exploitation and trafficking offenses. Authorities descr...

An Israeli woman has been arrested after police alleged she hid the death of her 93-year-old mother in order to continue receiving financial benefits. Authorities say the elderly woman, a Holocaust survivor, was buried in the backyard of the home while paym...

Pavel Durov Arrested By French Authorities Over Platform Allegations On August 24, 2024, French police arrested **Pavel Durov**, the Russian‑born co‑founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, at **Le Bourget Airport** near Paris as he stepped...

In late 2022, Iraqi authorities intensified investigations into one of the country's largest alleged corruption cases, involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from tax authority accounts. The case became widely known as Iraq's "heist of the centu...

In February 2020, President Donald Trump issued a full pardon to Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, who had been convicted in 2009 on federal tax fraud and false statement charges. The pardon restored Kerik’s civil rights and remov...

John David McAfee (September 18, 1945 – June 23, 2021) was a British‑American programmer and businessman best known for founding the McAfee antivirus software company. He later became a public figure for his outspoken views on privacy, personal freedom, and...

In January 2020, a man described by Israeli authorities as a rabbi in his 60s was arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of running a closed religious community in which dozens of women and children were allegedly held in conditions described by police as slave...

Jussie Smollett Alleged Hate Crime Later Accused as Staged (USA, 2019) On January 29, 2019, actor Jussie Smollett, known for his role on the television series Empire, reported to Chicago Police that he had been the victim of a hate crime in the S...

Barry and Honey Sherman Murdered In Toronto Canadian billionaire pharmaceutical executive Barry Sherman, 75, founder of Apotex Inc., and his wife Honey Sherman, 70, were found dead in their Toronto mansion on December 15, 2017. Toronto police responded to ...

Washington, D.C., United StatesRabbi Bernard “Barry” Freundel was arrested in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2014, after police began investigating allegations that he had secretly recorded women in a changing and showering area at the National Capital Mi...

Alan Horowitz, an Orthodox rabbi and convicted sex offender from the United States, was arrested in May 2007 in Mahabalipuram, India, after being located by international law enforcement authorities. The arrest was carried out with coordination between Indi...

Operation Bid Rig was a federal investigation into public corruption and related criminal activity in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New ...

Media coverage and public recognition of serial homicide have been examined by criminologists and researchers studying race, victim demographics, offender characteristics, and news reporting. Research has identified differences in how serial killers and the...

On February 4, 1982, authorities in Los Angeles County discovered thousands of preserved human fetuses inside a repossessed storage container connected to a defunct pathology laboratory. The container was located at the Woodland Hills residence of Malvin...

Wayne Bertram Williams is an American convicted murderer whose 1982 convictions became a central part of the investigation into a series of killings known as the Atlanta Child Murders. Between 1979 and 1981, approximately 29 African-American children, teena...

The Zebra murders were a series of killings and shootings committed in San Francisco between October 1973 and April 1974. The attacks resulted in 14 deaths and seven or eight nonfatal injuries, depending on the historical account. The victims were white, wh...

Samuel Little, born Samuel McDowell on June 7, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia, was an American serial killer who was convicted of multiple murders and later confessed to dozens of additional killings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified him in 2019 a...