crime

Recruiters Scammed Army For Millions in Signup Bonuses During Iraq War

Adam Weinstein · 02/05/14 03:21PM

As the war in Iraq worsened and military enlistments flagged, the Army National Guard began a novel bonus program to recruit more troops. That desperation to hit quotas may have cost taxpayers $100 million in fraudulent bonuses by more than a thousand crooked recruiters, a new investigation shows.

Adam Weinstein · 02/04/14 01:07PM

At least one Democratic senator is willing to deport Justin Bieber. We can make this happen, America.

Kyle Chayka · 02/03/14 11:51PM

A 24-year-old French man was caught on video hurling a defenseless ginger kitten at the side of an apartment building. The five-month-old feline, named Oscar, survived with only a broken leg, but Farid Ghilas faced two years in prison and a $40,000 fine. "I don't know whose idea it was to film it," he said.

Sarah Hedgecock · 01/30/14 02:36PM

A shooting has been reported in a parking lot at Eastern Florida State College in Palm Bay. The school is currently on lockdown and one person was reportedly taken to the hospital in connection with the incident.

Hamilton Nolan · 01/30/14 12:47PM

New York mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city will end its appeal of a ruling against the NYPD's stop and frisk policy. If everything goes according to plan, slightly fewer minorities will be harassed by cops in New York City in the near future.

Here’s the Guy Arrested for Beating Up a Gay Journalist

J.K. Trotter · 01/30/14 10:22AM

On Wednesday the New York City Police Department arrested a 24-year-old Queens resident named Leighton Jennings for the January 17 beating of Randy Gener, an openly gay 45-year-old journalist, on Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Details of a Facebook profile that appears to belong to Jennings—including his name, date of birth, and physical description—match those provided to Gawker by an NYPD arraignment officer.