Crime

Policy

Mafia Leaks Site Launched in Italy

Safer than talking to the police directly

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 4:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Cleared After Killing Mentally Disabled Double Amputee Wielding a Pen

The Huffington Post | 11.5.2013 3:21 PM

Policy

Over 1,000 Men Caught Trying To Pay Fake Child To Perform Sex Acts

Dutch children's charity put "Sweetie" in chat rooms

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 3:20 PM

Policy

Shooter Reported at New Jersey Mall

No immediate reports of injuries

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 11:02 PM

Policy

St. Louis Routinely Jails the Wrong People

100 misidentified people stuck behind bars for a total of 2,000 days across seven years

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 7:10 PM

Culture

LAX Shooting Suspect's Family Expresses Sympathy for Victims

Express shock over incident through lawyer

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 6:10 PM

Policy

Feds: Navy's Secrets Bought with Prostitutes

Also: Lady Gaga Tickets

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 2:40 PM

Policy

More Than 30 Killed in Wedding Party Massacre in Northeastern Nigeria

Islamist militant group Boko Haram has carried out attacks in the area

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 1:00 PM

Policy

Police Went to LAX Shooting Suspect's Home Minutes After He Left on Day of Rampage

Paul Ciancia's alerted police following worrying text

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 11:30 AM

Policy

Kenya Charges Four Over Mall Attack in Nairobi

All are ethnic Somalis

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 9:50 AM

Politics

Congress and White House Reject Clemency For Edward Snowden

Shocker

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 8:40 AM

Policy

LAX Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder

Paul Ciancia allegedly killed TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez

Reason Staff | 11.2.2013 7:39 PM

Policy

Women Sue Conn. College over Handling of Sex Assault Claims

Say college failed to respond appropriately

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 7:10 PM

Policy

Suspected LAX Shooter's Father Was Worried About Suicide Attempt

Called police to check up on him because of a troubling text message

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 6:30 PM

Policy

Man Gets 10 Years for Defrauding Millions from Navy

Using fraudulent invoices

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 4:50 PM

Policy

Feds Press New Rules on College Investigation of Sexual Assault

Colleges accused of trying to hide complaints

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 4:40 PM

Policy

Texas Man Arrested for Overdue Library Book

Everybody knows not to mess with librarians

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 4:10 PM

Policy

TSA Agent, Gunman Reportedly Killed in LAX Shooting

Los Angeles Times reports

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 2:48 PM

Policy

Suspect in Custody in LAX Shooting

Details still unclear

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 2:30 PM

Policy

TSA Agent, Suspect Wounded in Shooting at LAX

According to The Los Angeles Times

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 1:31 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania State Police Say Teacher Raped Student in School

Investigation continuing

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 11:30 AM

Policy

South African Man Sentenced To Life in Prison For Rape and Murder of Teen

Johannes Kana

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 10:30 AM

Policy

Florida Man Faces Charges for Taunting, Killing Rattlesnake

He held a venomous reptile without the appropriate permit

Reason Staff | 10.31.2013 6:20 PM

Policy

Feds to Investigate Mysterious Death of Ga. Teen

Body found rolled up in high school gym mat

Reason Staff | 10.31.2013 5:20 PM

Policy

Ex-Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Va. Arsons

68 counts connected to setting fires of abandoned structures

Reason Staff | 10.31.2013 3:40 PM

Civil Liberties

The Legend of the Child-Snatching Gypsies

An old fear rears its head again.

Jesse Walker | 10.30.2013 4:30 PM

World

Suicide Bomber Strikes Tunisian Beach Resort

Believed to be the first suicide bombing in Tunisia, no one other than the bomber was killed

Reason Staff | 10.30.2013 4:10 PM

Policy

Three Journalists Plead Guilty in British Phone Hacking Trial

Used to work at the now-closed News of the World

Reason Staff | 10.30.2013 3:50 PM

Policy

Oakland Cops Prioritizing Drug Arrests Over Homicides in Its Crime Labs

Brian Doherty | 10.30.2013 11:55 AM

World

White Supremacists Who Plotted to Kill Mandela Sentenced to Prison

21 defendants sentenced to between 5 and 35 years

Reason Staff | 10.29.2013 4:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Pistorius to Face Additional Charges in Murder Trial

Accused of killing girlfriend

Reason Staff | 10.29.2013 2:40 PM

Policy

US Authorities Charge British Man Over Hacking of Government Computers

Lauri Love was arrested in England

Reason Staff | 10.28.2013 11:30 AM

Policy

Man Who Stabbed Mother and Her Four Children To Death May Have Been Jealous of Their Lifestyle

Chinese immigrant Ming Don Chen has implicated himself in the killings

Reason Staff | 10.28.2013 11:00 AM

Policy

Four Oklahoma Prisoners Escape By Crawling Through Plumbing

Last spotted at car wash near detention facility

Reason Staff | 10.28.2013 9:20 AM

Policy

More Than 1 Million Sign Anti-Rape Petition in Kenya

Three men accused of gang-raping a girl were ordered to cut grass in a case that prompted national outrage

Reason Staff | 10.28.2013 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Mother, Four Children Stabbed to Death in Brooklyn

Man at scene taken into custody

Reason Staff | 10.27.2013 11:10 AM

Policy

Gunman Kills Four, Then Self in Phoenix

Also killed two dogs

Reason Staff | 10.26.2013 10:35 PM

Culture

Man Surrenders After Shooting Several Officers, Lengthy Standoff

Incident in a suburb of Sacramento in California

Reason Staff | 10.26.2013 12:00 PM

Policy

Dual U.S.-Iranian Citizen Charged with Trying to Acquire Missiles

Arrested in Estonia

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 4:50 PM

Politics

Jesse Jackson Jr. to Sell Home to Pay Fines

Will report to prison next month

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 2:50 PM

Crime

Violent Crime Rate Bumps Up For Second Year in a Row

Ronald Bailey | 10.25.2013 2:50 PM

Culture

CVS Robbery Turns Into Hostage Situation, Suspect Surrenders

Also shot at cops

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 9:20 AM

World

India Teen Dies After Being Gang-Raped, Set on Fire

New outrage on frequency of such assaults in the country

Reason Staff | 10.24.2013 4:30 PM

Policy

Florida Woman Arrested After Attacking Boyfriend With Water Pistol

Pillow also featured in the confrontation

Reason Staff | 10.24.2013 10:30 AM

Policy

Portuguese Authorities To Reopen Case of Missing British Girl

Madeleine McCann vanished in 2007

Reason Staff | 10.24.2013 9:50 AM

Policy

Kenyan Police Warn Journalists Over Coverage of Nairobi Mall Attack

There have been reports of looting by soldiers

Reason Staff | 10.24.2013 9:20 AM

Policy

Judge Orders Retrial for Kennedy Nephew's Murder Conviction

Convicted in 2002

Reason Staff | 10.23.2013 7:05 PM

Policy

Chemist at Center of Mass. Drug Lab Scandal Could Get Five Years

If she pleads guilty, a judge determines

Reason Staff | 10.23.2013 7:00 PM