A top commander for a Nazi SS-led unit has been found hiding out in a Ukranian enclave in northeast Minneapolis. Asked by the Associated Press about his time as a Nazi, the 94-year-old Michael Karkoc said, "I don't think I can explain."

After being arrested in connection to a homicide in Alabama, Jose Martinez confessed to killing a man on the edge of a wooded area last March. Then he confessed to twenty-nine more murders as he detailed his life as an enforcer for Mexican drug cartels.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing two companies— BMW and Dollar General— alleging that their use of criminal background checks for employees violated the Civil Rights Act. Are criminal background checks, honestly, worth a shit?

The newspaper industry's been dying for years. Anyone who launches a new local newspaper—and hires several journalists in the process—is a hero of journalism. Even if he's a con artist.

Two people were hospitalized this morning after being shot near Santa Monica College, the same area where a man went on a shooting rampage last week, murdering five before being killed by police.

Police in Utah say a St. George man charged with raping his unconscious neighbor claimed he put his penis inside her to "save her life."

A Kentucky man hellbent on destroying a PT Crusier on Sunday accidentally set himself on fire in the process, resulting in damage to at least two other cars and a nearby home.

A Polish news crew reporting live from outside an apartment complex in the north-eastern city of Łomża unwittingly captured some breaking news as their cameras inadvertently recorded a crime in progress.

Police in Houston say a 44-year-old woman stabbed her 59-year-old boyfriend to death with a stiletto heel during an altercation early Sunday morning.

In 1997, Duane Buck was convicted of shooting and killing two people, including his former girlfriend, in Houston, Texas. A jury sentenced him to death. Among the factors that influenced their decision: testimony from a psychologist who said that black people like Buck are more violent and dangerous than other people.

Erin Brockovich didn't have the best weekend. The famous environmental activist (and the subject of her very own Julia Roberts movie) was arrested Friday night on suspicion of boating under the influence at Lake Mead in Nevada.

Sylvie Cachay thought her layabout boyfriend needed to change a few things. She asked him to “Hold me after sex and say sweet things . . . Do not overuse paper towels . . . Show me that I should be with you.” Apparently, the letter did not go over well with Nicholas Brooks, who is now standing trial for her murder.

Richard Ramirez, a former altar boy who grew into a maniacal serial killer known as the "Night Stalker," died in California today at the age of 53. A spokesman for the San Quentin State Prison, where Ramirez was being held pending his execution, confirmed Ramirez's passing. No further details about his death have been released thus far.

A New York City woman pleaded guilty to fraud today for using Facebook and phone calls to solicit money for a "funeral fund" for her nephew, who was killed in last year's Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. No such nephew ever existed.

D.C. may not be the murder capital of America anymore, but that doesn't mean it's out of the woods just yet. Police are now on the lookout for a man who approached a couple at Pizzoli's Pizzeria in Logan Circle last month and pulled a gun on them mid-meal, demanding their cash and valuables.

One night in March of 2012, US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales walked out of Camp Belambay and shot and killed 16 innocent Afghan civilians in two nearby villages. Yesterday, he stood in court and fully admitted to his crimes— without offering any explanation as to why he did them.

On New Year's Eve last year, a cat was caught smuggling tools into a Brazilian prison. News of that attempt apparently spread to Russia, where at least one inmate inside a north Russian jail convinced an outsider to strap two cell phones to a black-and-white cat before sending the cat crawling over the prison's fence. Alas, this cat was also busted before he could make the delivery.

A Providence, Rhode Island, mother whose teenage daughter was shot during a family member's kindergarten graduation party was clearly in no mood for reporters when approached by a news crew from the local ABC affiliate WLNE.

The city of Baltimore is plagued by poverty and crime. Which is unfortunate, since its jails are plagued by corruption, sex, and contraband.

ESPN reports that Major League Baseball is preparing to suspend nearly 20 players, including superstar Alex Rodriguez, for a doping scandal with ties to a Miami-area clinic. If the suspensions hold, this will be the biggest performance-enhancing drug bust in American sports history.