William K Rashbaum The New York Times

The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-placed law enforcement officials. Although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sex...

Whoever killed four prostitutes, and possibly four other people, and then dumped their bodies in heavy underbrush along a beachfront causeway on Long Island appears to have a sophisticated understanding of police investigative techniques, according to people briefed on the case. A series of taunting phone calls made to the teenage sister of one of ...

The criminal accusations spanned several states and several decades, encompassing figures from seven mob families, and led to the arrest of nearly 125 people on federal charges on Thursday. There were murders, including a double homicide over a spilled drink in a Queens bar. There were the more run-of-the-mill activities associated with organized c...

Federal authorities on Thursday raided several locations in the Northeast and took three people into custody as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing.

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

The police and FBI investigators have tracked down the owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that contained the makings of a crude car bomb discovered in Times Square over the weekend.

Thousands of tourists and theatergoers were cleared from Times Square as the police investigated what they suspected was a car bomb there.

The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-placed law enforcement officials. Although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sex...

Whoever killed four prostitutes, and possibly four other people, and then dumped their bodies in heavy underbrush along a beachfront causeway on Long Island appears to have a sophisticated understanding of police investigative techniques, according to people briefed on the case. A series of taunting phone calls made to the teenage sister of one of ...

The criminal accusations spanned several states and several decades, encompassing figures from seven mob families, and led to the arrest of nearly 125 people on federal charges on Thursday. There were murders, including a double homicide over a spilled drink in a Queens bar. There were the more run-of-the-mill activities associated with organized c...

Federal authorities on Thursday raided several locations in the Northeast and took three people into custody as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing.

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

The police and FBI investigators have tracked down the owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that contained the makings of a crude car bomb discovered in Times Square over the weekend.

Thousands of tourists and theatergoers were cleared from Times Square as the police investigated what they suspected was a car bomb there.