The family of the slain Gulf Coast couple well-known and respected for adopting special-needs youths is establishing a trust for their nine young children.

A man who allegedly set off a small bomb at a Starbucks coffee shop was arrested after he made the mistake of bragging about his exploit to friends, police said Wednesday.

Some units of the New York Police Department still function more like “Dragnet” than “CSI.” They rely on typewriters. The 20th-century writing devices are used for filling out forms that officers file when they seize items during investigations. The NYPD’s bill for typewriter maintainance? Nearly 3,000.

Investigators have three suspects in custody, including two facing murder charges, in the investigation into the killings of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children. The sheriff says the investigation could lead to ‘something bigger.’ More arrests are expected.

New York attorney Marc Dreier, who pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding hedge funds of about 0 million, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Detectives are questioning two people in connection with the the home-invasin slayings of Byrd and Melanie Billings, a a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children. The two are linked to a red van that appeared on surveillance cameras.

A series of coordinated attacks against federal police in six Mexican cities Saturday left three officers dead and six wounded in what officials are calling an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs.

Authorities revealed more disturbing discoveries Friday at an Illinois cemetery where hundreds of burial plots were allegedly dug up and resold, including more emptied graves and the discarded casket of a civil rights icon.

New Mexico authorities have identified seven of 11 slain women whose remains were discovered several months ago in shallow graves in west Albuquerque, but have yet to identify a suspect in their killings, police told CNN on Thursday.

A stolen Statue of Liberty replica has resurfaced in a disturbing video posted on YouTube that shows someone decapitating the blindfolded lady and smashing her head into pieces.