Crime - The New American

County in Alabama is Bankrupt, Just Like the U.S.

At the very last minute, county commissioners in Jefferson County, home to the metropolis of Birmingham, Alabama, decided to postpone a final decision...

Bob Adelmann July 30, 2011

AWOL Muslim GI Arrested in Planned Terror Attack on Texas Army Base

R. Cort Kirkwood July 29, 2011

It is now known why the Muslim conscientious objector, Army Pvt. Naser Jason Abdo — who was granted a request to be discharged...

More Drug Arrests Connect Narcotics to Terrorism

Raven Clabough July 28, 2011

Four Taliban and Hezbollah operatives were arrested overseas on Monday during a drugs-for-weapons sting operation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). According...

U.S./Mexican Border Violence Continues: Another American Murdered

Kelly Holt July 25, 2011

According to Borderland Beat (BB) of July 21, a “puzzling web of events” has resulted in the death of yet another American in...

Police Officer Berates Man with Legal Gun

Raven Clabough July 22, 2011

Recent news stories publicize a number of problems emanating from local law enforcement, some of which are indicative of a decreased understanding of...

Lead Defense Attorney in Ft. Hood Shooter Case Steps Down

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 21, 2011

The head of the legal defense team representing the man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting spree in November 2009 at Ft....

Film in the Works Glorifies Weather Underground

Raven Clabough July 21, 2011

Robert Redford and Shia LeBeouf will be starring in a film that glorifies members of the Weather Underground, portraying those terrorists as true...

SEIU Intimidation Manual Undermines Employers

Brian Koenig July 19, 2011

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest labor unions in the country, is reported to have released a 70-page manual,...

Another ATF Arms Sales Scandal: “Operation Castaway”

James Heiser July 18, 2011

The new scandal centering on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) makes it clear that “Operation Fast and Furious” was...

Midway, Ga., Police Shut Down Kids’ Lemonade Stand

Jack Kenny July 15, 2011

Police in Midway, Georgia shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls trying to make money for a trip to a water...

Rodney King Collared Again

R. Cort Kirkwood July 15, 2011

The man often irrelevantly identified as the “black motorist” who indirectly caused 1992’s race riots in Los Angeles, which left 53 dead and...

Woman Faces Jail Time Over Vegetable Garden

Raven Clabough July 11, 2011

It seems that the government’s tentacles know no bounds. For Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan, never has a statement been truer. Bass...

Sunshine State TSA Screener Seen Stealing From Suitcases

Michael Tennant July 11, 2011

While other Transportation Security Administration employees were sticking their hands in other people’s pants, one of them was sticking other people’s property in...