We met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’s popularity

Retailers are contending with a new type of player in their industry. Here’s how such offenders became a nationwide ...
Irish Star on MSN

Inside Eastern State Penitentiary's Irish legacy and links to mobster Al Capone

Chicago mobster Al Capone is arguably one of the most notorious inmates with Irish ties. The former criminal wed Mae Coughlin ...
WBAL-TV on MSN

Bus tour stops by Baltimore to end the barbaric practice of solitary confinement

The United Nations deemed solitary confinement a form of torture, but the practice is being used in jails, prisons and ...
Central Maine

At Portland’s Victoria Mansion, an artist considers a history of slavery

Carl Joe Williams, an artist from New Orleans, created a painting for the Victoria Mansion that addresses the slave-owning history of the Morse family, who built the mansion. The Morse family used ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

No prison time for man who shot at victim after Hammond car crash

CROWN POINT — A Joliet, Illinois, man was sentenced to six years in connection with a shooting and carjacking that stemmed from a car crash in 2019.
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Region woman accused of knifing hairdresser over cancelled appointment

MERRILLVILLE — Police say a local woman upset about losing a $20 deposit after showing up late for her daughter's hair appointment pulled out a knife, twice slashed the hairdresser and threatened to ...