Thomas Siderio—who cops said had a gun—had a brutal childhood, according to family friends.
Christopher Moraff is a reporting fellow at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and covers politics, civil liberties, and criminal justice policy for a number of media outlets.
Thousands of people turned out for a seventh night of protests, despite a growing police presence and threats from the president to call in the military.
Violent protests over George Floyd’s death raged into Sunday evening, as protesters faced tear gas and rubber bullets—and even a rogue trucker speeding down a Minneapolis highway.
Mayor James Kenney declared an 8 p.m. curfew for the city after demonstrations against police brutality turned chaotic, with cars and a Starbucks store set on fire.
Just when the overdose crisis fueled by fentanyl couldn’t get any worse, a flood of synthetic cannabinoids is here. Experts say the new generation is more unpredictable than ever.
The singer was an over-the-top icon, but his death from a fentanyl overdose is becoming increasingly common.
While Trump raged about building a wall on the southern border, a lab in Calgary was pumping out 18,000 counterfeit OxyContin per hour. Inside the new threat north of the border.
Dr. Robert DuPont practically invented the term ‘gateway drug’ in the 1980s. Now he’s back with radical ideas on how to fight the war on drugs.
‘Mr. Cosby's power is back,’ his publicist said after jurors deadlocked on his innocence or guilt despite new evidence and graphic testimony.
Jurors told a judge they are deadlocked in the comedian’s sex-assault case, even after asking several rounds of questions. He may go free.