Police in Wisconsin have arrested a middle-aged Wausau woman and charged her with several crimes in connection with two incidents involving men she reportedly held hostage in an effort to obtain sex.

New information emerged Wednesday about the mysterious murder of an Orlando-area CrossFit gym owner. Monday evening, a gunman walked into the CrossFit Mosaic in Winter Garden, Florida and fatally shot 33-year-old Richard Millsap.

Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for misusing nearly $750,000 in campaign funds. Jackson's wife was also given a year in jail for filing false tax returns. The presiding judge agreed to let the Jacksons stagger their sentences so their children could have at least one parent in the home.

Detroit police are looking for a killer who left a woman dead and on fire in her home last weekend on the city's west side. The woman, who was dead when police found her, is the third victim to be found beaten and burned in Detroit since July 26. Authorities are now trying to figure out if they've got a serial attacker on the loose in the Motor City.

If you're arrested and issued a citation for drinking in public, the best way to get home from the police station is probably to take a cab. Or, if you're short on cash, call a friend or take the bus. What you shouldn't do, as a 33-year-old Arizona man learned this weekend, is steal an ambulance parked in front of the police station from which you were just released.

Police in Boise recently arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a cat on multiple occasions over the course of at least 12 months.

In a speech before the American Bar Association in San Francisco today, Attorney General Eric Holder advocated for sweeping changes in both how nonviolent drug offenders are sentenced in the United States and how we use our prisons. It only took decades and countless taxpayer dollars, but someone with some power is finally admitting that maybe we're going about the drug war all wrong.

A jury today found notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger guilty of 31 of the 32 racketeering and murder charges brought against him, including money laundering and 11 killings. The jury also ruled, however, that some of the homicide allegations pinned to Bulger remain "not proven."

An Oregon couple caught engaging in oral sex (in this case a blow job) are now facing 90 days in jail on federal charges of “lewd, indecent and obscene acts on an airplane."

The Washington State Supreme Court Justices voted almost unanimously yesterday in favor of allowing a drunk driver who crashed into a power pole and permanently disfigured her passenger to sue the local power company for putting the pole too close to the road.

A South Miami man has apparently confessed to murdering his wife in a Facebook post that was followed shortly by a gruesome photo of the woman's body.

A Baltimore-area man convicted in April of murdering his wife in 1991 and then burying her in concrete under a shed in their backyard, was sentenced to 30 years in prison today. The sentencing judge called Robert Jarrett Jr. a "monster hiding behind softness of human skin."

Burglars rarely return to the scene of the crime — much less in order to return the things they stole.

Tungsten is a mineral used in manufacturing everything from auto parts to pens to cell phones and computers. Some of the tungsten purchased by some of the world's most well-known companies is illegally mined and used to enrich FARC, a Colombian rebel army.

Before it was demolished today, convicted kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro's Cleveland house was scoured by investigators for evidence besides the three brutalized women who escaped from the home back in May. The photos yielded from that evidentiary search are grim, and they offer a disturbing look at the atrocities Castro conducted and how much care he took to imprison three women and a child for almost a decade.

The former child actor best (or, rather, only) known for his starring role as Scott "Scotty" Smalls in the classic coming-of-age film The Sandlot was reportedly arrested last weekend for headbutting a police officer.

An Arizona man who had his Amazon package snatched from outside his door in broad daylight by an "Un-American" thief with a "shameful and super awkward running style" is refusing to take the slight sitting down.

Three people were killed and several others were wounded during a shooting Monday evening at a town supervisor's meeting in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The suspected gunman is in police custody.

Last week, The Brewer's Cabinet, a restaurant in Reno, Nevada, filed a police report after a patron left without paying his bill. Not satisfied with the police report, the restaurant also posted a picture of the man to the company's Facebook page, hoping to warn other local businesses. The post went viral, gathering hundreds of shares and likes, and at least three other local restaurants confirmed that the same man owed them money.

After pleading guilty last week to hundreds of charges, including kidnapping, rape, and murder, Ariel Castro, the man behind the infamous "Cleveland Horror" house, was today sentenced to life in prison.