Crime

A New York City apartment building, which the city rents to low-income or homeless tenants, had been the subject of numerous complaints prior to the deaths of two young girls stemming from a defective radiator.

A Kentucky man who, in 2012, hacked into an online account for followers of a Ohio high school's football team to expose a gang rape of a teenage girl has pleaded guilty to charges associated with the hack. He is facing a longer term than the rapists.

Mostly secret law enforcement requests to federal courts in the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia for use of electronic surveillance in domestic criminal cases have increased fivefold in the last five years, according to a new report.

Two people were arrested in Pasadena, Maryland, and charged with multiple possession and reckless endangerment charges after authorities found drugs and drug paraphernalia at a home licensed as a child day care center.

Apple has sued a company that makes "genuine" chargers for Apple products that have been bought on Amazon.com with Apple's marketing images. The alleged counterfeit products "haven't been safety certified or properly constructed," Apple said in the suit.

Inmates at jail facilities in Santa Clara County, California, have joined a nationwide prison strike that began on September 9, starting a two-week hunger strike of their own in protest of solitary confinement, prisoner exploitation and other policies.

Matthew Apperson has received a 20-year prison sentence for attempted murder for shooting at George Zimmerman, who killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. Apperson testified that he shot at Zimmerman in self-defense during a road-rage incident.

Since 2011, prosecutors in New Jersey requested that 1,251 minors be tried for crimes as adults. Of that amount, 87.6 percent of the juveniles were black or Hispanic, according to a new report.

Baby bottles, toys, and supplies were all missing when Stevannie Preite last opened her storage unit, but the two items she’ll never be able to replace are her children’s umbilical cords. Preite suspects that people she once took for friends are the culprits.