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FBI Seizes $40M in Motorcycles Tied to Fugitive Ex-Olympian

Collection is seized in Mexico amid global manhunt for snowboarder Ryan Wedding

(Newser) - The FBI says it just found what looks like a drug boss' dream garage. US officials announced Monday that Mexican authorities seized a cache of high-end motorcycles—estimated to be worth around $40 million—and say the collection is tied to Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder now accused of...

Cops Say Missing Texas Teen in 'Imminent Danger'
Dashcam Video Appears
to Show Missing Texas Teen
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Dec 30, 2025 10:24 AM CST

Dashcam Video Appears to Show Missing Texas Teen

Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen leaving her San Antonio home on Wednesday

(Newser) - A driver appears to have captured an image of a missing 19-year-old in Texas on the morning she disappeared, reports NBC News . The grainy dashcam clip released by the Bexas County Sheriff's Office shows someone walking along the road blocks from the home of Camila Mendoza Olmos about 7am...

Minnesota's Fraud Scandal Gets a Boost From Video
Minnesota's Fraud Scandal
Gets a Boost From Video
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Dec 29, 2025 12:52 PM CST

Minnesota's Fraud Scandal Gets a Boost From Video

YouTuber adds to the controversy, with Gov. Walz and the Somali community under fire

(Newser) - A fraud scandal in Minnesota centering on the state's social safety net got a big influx of attention over the weekend thanks to a YouTuber's video. As the controversy unfolds, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is on the defensive, and the state's large population of Somali immigrants is...

The FBI Is Getting New Digs, Over Lawmaker Objections

Staff to relocate to DC's Ronald Reagan Building; J. Edgar Hoover Building will be shuttered

(Newser) - FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau's longtime headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue is headed for a permanent shutdown. Patel announced on Friday that the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC, will be closed for good, and that staff will be moved into the Ronald Reagan Building, reports the...

$400K Worth of Lobsters Never Made It to Costco

FBI probes apparent cargo theft after truck vanished on its way from East Coast to other states

(Newser) - The latest supply-chain headache comes with claws: A semi hauling an estimated $400,000 in live lobsters to Costco never made it to the freezer aisle. Authorities say the truck, loaded in Taunton, Massachusetts, and headed for warehouses in Illinois and Minnesota, vanished en route in what looks less like...

Teen in Cruise Ship Killing Says He Can't Remember

Texts between his parents show their concern in keeping his name out of the public eye

(Newser) - A 16-year-old boy under investigation in the killing of his 18-year-old stepsister aboard a cruise ship told his mother that he doesn't remember anything about it, according to texts obtained by Fox 35 Orlando .
  • "I was able to talk to him last night for under two minutes briefly
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Epstein Survivor Condemns DOJ for Exposing Her Name

'Jane Doe' signs statement accusing department of breaking the law

(Newser) - A woman who has long gone by "Jane Doe" in the Jeffrey Epstein case says the Justice Department just exposed the identity she has fought to protect, per CNN and the Daily Beast . The survivor told CNN she was stunned to discover her full name appears repeatedly in the...

Shootings Suspect Killed Himself Tuesday: Autopsy

The body of Claudio Neves Valente was found Thursday in a storage unit

(Newser) - The man suspected in the fatal shootings at Brown University and MIT killed himself days before police discovered his body in a New Hampshire storage unit, authorities said. An autopsy determined that 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, New Hampshire Attorney General John...

FBI's No. 2 Says He Will Leave Job Next Month

Trump says Dan Bongino 'wants to go back to his show'

(Newser) - FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job...

Police Release Video Timeline of Person of Interest in Brown Shooting

Police share enhanced images, offer $50K reward for tips

(Newser) - Police in Providence are sharpening their public appeal as the hunt for the Brown University shooter stretches into a fourth day, CBS News reports. On Tuesday, authorities released a new still image and "enhanced" surveillance video clips of a masked person of interest seen on the city's East...

FBI Couldn't Read Data Pointing to Pipe Bomb Suspect

WSJ reports cellphone location data held for 4 years was only recently deciphered

(Newser) - Cellphone data that proved crucial in the arrest of the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot sat disregarded for four years, the Wall Street Journal reports, "because investigators couldn't figure out how to read it." That changed only...

Police Release New Images of Brown Shooting Suspect

FBI is offering a $50K reward

(Newser) - Police and the FBI released new video and images Monday of someone they've designated a person of interest in the Brown University mass shooting. The video and images, taken around two hours before the shooting on Saturday, are of a man with a mask over the lower part of...

Feds Say They Foiled 'Horrific' Plot for Los Angeles Bombings

Members of 'radical anti-government group' allegedly planned New Year's Eve bombings

(Newser) - The FBI says it stopped a plot for a New Year's Eve bombing campaign in Los Angeles, arresting four people allegedly tied to a radical pro-Palestinian group. FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday that the four suspects are believed to be part of an offshoot of the Turtle Island...

Feds Release New Photos of Ex-Olympic Snowboarder

There's a $15M reward for fugitive Canadian drug trafficking suspect

(Newser) - The FBI is circulating a new image of a onetime Olympic snowboarder they describe as a cartel-protected fugitive accused of murder and running a billion-dollar cocaine pipeline. Canadian citizen Ryan Wedding, 44, remains on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list and is believed to be hiding in Mexico, according...

FBI: She Stole $30M From Banks, Posing as Heiress

Michigan woman Mary Carole McDonnell is now believed to be in Dubai

(Newser) - The FBI is searching for a 73-year-old Michigan woman accused of stealing nearly $30 million from financial institutions while pretending to be an heiress. Authorities allege that between July 2017 and May 2018, Mary Carole McDonnell defrauded banks in California's Los Angeles and Orange counties, falsely claiming she was...

Fired FBI Agents Say They Prevented 'Washington Massacre'

In lawsuit, they say de-escalation tactic was misinterpreted as political gesture

(Newser) - Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture.
  • The agents say in their lawsuit that they were
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Family Expects Charges for Teen in Cruise Ship Death

They're not sure whether he will face federal or state charges in Anna Kepner homicide

(Newser) - A 16-year-old boy may soon face either state or federal charges in connection with the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was found dead on a Carnival cruise ship last month. The FBI's Miami office is leading the investigation but has not publicly named any suspects or filed charges....

Bongino Shrugs Off Past Claims About Pipe Bombs

'I was paid in the past ... for my opinions,' says FBI deputy director about conspiracy theories

(Newser) - Now that the FBI has arrested a suspect in the planting of pipe bombs before the Capitol riot, deputy director Dan Bongino is distancing himself from his own previous comments about a massive cover-up at play, reports the Hill . In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox, Bongino made a...

More Bodies Found at Murder Suspect's Former Home

San Diego man has a record going back to 1963

(Newser) - Authorities in San Diego have discovered multiple sets of human remains at a property linked to Dwight William Rhone, 74, who is already in custody on a murder charge. The San Diego County District Attorney's Office identified Rhone as a "person of interest" in the case, but has...

Alleged DC Pipe Bomber Had 'Extremist Beliefs'

Bondi says arrest was made after review of old evidence

(Newser) - The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC, on the night before the Capitol riot was charged with explosive offenses Thursday. The Woodbridge, Virginia, resident was arrested Thursday morning. At a press conference, Attorney General Pam Bondi identified him as Brian Cole Jr., CNN reports.
  • Motive. Authorities did
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