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Patrick Nayyar, a man living in Queens, New York allegedly as an illegal immigrant, and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland, were charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to supply guns, ammunition, bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, and vehicles to the Hezbollah a/k/a Hizbollah , the Shi’ite Iranian-backed U.S.-designated terrorist group based in Lebanon. According to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, a confidential informant for the FBI told Nayyar and Mulholland that he was working for Hizbollah....

His atrocious run-in with police may have sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992, but the phrase “Rodney King arrested” has continued to pop up over the years, with King having no one to blame but himself. In another such incident, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Rodney King was arrested in Moreno Valley, California on Tuesday night after police spotted him violating a number of traffic regulations. Field tests determined that he was under the influence....

There are hearts breaking wide open all over the world. It was recently discovered that the nearly 60-year-old Sophie the Giraffe children’s chew/teething toy could potentially be dangerous due to mold. While the moldy chew toy problem is not unique to Sophie the Giraffe, owners of the $25 piece of rubber are up in arms after the recent discovery. The toy has been heralded by celebrities, including Madonna, and was even featured in the Tom Selleck, 80s classic, “Three Men and a Baby....

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is out with its list of the 13 safest cars for 2013. All 13 vehicles earned the IIHS’ designation of “Top Safety Pick+” for 2013. It’s interesting to note that the IIHS only ranked 29 cars total for this highest mark. So almost half the cars they tested earned this “top” designation. However, this may be a good sign, as it may indicate that vehicles across the board have enhanced their emphasis on safety....

Two-thousand-eleven was a big year for criminal trials and proceedings. Lindsay Lohan was in and out of court (and rehab). Barry Bonds finally stood trial. Rod Blagojevich was convicted again. And polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison. Arizona shooter Jared Loughner was found incompetent, while IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was denied bail. We almost heard from Jerry Sandusky’s victims, and John Edwards was indicted. There was a lot to choose from this year, but the following three were the top criminal trials of 2011....

Perjury and lying to the federal government are both crimes that could land a person in some serious legal trouble. If convicted of either crime, a person could be looking at up to five years in prison. This means that if a person is found to have lied during a congressional hearing or investigation, or simply lied to an FBI or other federal agent, actual jail time could result. Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ faced allegations of lying to Congress....

Katherine Russell, the wife of deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is assisting in the FBI’s investigation, Reuters reports. But could the spousal or marital privilege somehow come into play? Federal agents gathered potential evidence Monday at Russell’s parents’ home in Rhode Island, where the 24-year-old widow has been living. Her lawyers are reportedly negotiating how much access investigators will have with their client. But whatever information the authorities are seeking, Russell may try to use the marital privilege to bar that information at trial....

As George Zimmerman’s murder trial continues, Judge Debra Nelson has ruled on the use of text messages from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone as well as fight animation of the unarmed teenager’s death. The Seminole County, Florida, judge ruled that Zimmerman’s defense team could not introduce photos of a gun found on Martin’s phone, or text messages from Martin discussing “fighting [or] purchasing a gun.” But she will allow defense attorneys to show jurors an animated re-creation of Trayvon Martin’s death during closing arguments, reports USA Today....

More than 10,000 people – including President Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush – attended the funeral of Coretta Scott King in New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia. In his remarks at the funeral President Bush said that “This kind and gentle woman became one of the most admired Americans of our time. She is rightly mourned, and she is deeply missed.” Others who spoke during the six-hour service echoed these sentiments and praised King for her loving and graceful spirit and her work to promote racial equality, peace, and justice....

Two Florida girls whose alleged bullying led to a 12-year-old girl’s suicide have been arrested and charged with felony aggravated stalking. The girls, 12 and 14, allegedly ganged up against Rebecca Sedwick of Lakeland and “terrorized” her for nearly a year through online message boards and texts. As many as 13 other girls took part in bullying Sedwick online, investigators claim. Last month, Sedwick jumped to her death from atop a silo at an abandoned concrete plant....

News broke this week that city officials in Baltimore have approved the $300,000 wrongful death settlement for the family of Anthony Anderson. The tragic death can be described as nothing other than police brutality and excessive force, based upon the statements of the witnesses who witnessed the violent encounter. The settlement comes nearly five years after Mr. Anderson’s death in 2012, which the medical examiner ruled was a homicide. However, the family hopes that the officers involved would be held personally and criminally accountable for their actions never materialized as the officers were cleared of wrongdoing....

A 12-year-old boy has admitted to an Ashton Kutcher “swatting” prank. The child, whose name was withheld due to his age, stated in court that he made a false police report last year that armed criminals had taken over Kutcher’s home and had shot people, reports Reuters. This call prompted authorities to send a heavily armed response team to Kutcher’s Hollywood home, creating a dangerous situation for the innocent victims inside the home....

President Bush has signed into law a sweeping housing rescue bill, a package that promises help for homeowners facing foreclosure, and provides temporary assistance to struggling mortgage finance companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. A key provision of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 authorizes the Federal Housing Administration to insure up to $300 billion in home loans, allowing struggling borrowers to replace sky-high mortgages with more affordable government-backed loans....

It feels like anytime you read a headline with Lindsay Lohan’s name in it, you should immediately picture that gif of Michael Jackson eating popcorn. “This should be good.” Well, Ms. Lohan took another hit last week when a court rejected her case against Grand Theft Auto for featuring a blonde in a bikini making a peace sign. That probably makes sense, since that description would likely make a fair number of current spring breakers shout, “OMG, it’s me!...

Michael David Barrett, the accused stalker and criminal voyeur of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews will be arraigned in federal court on Monday, November 23, 2009. The latest in a series of sordid charges against the 48-year-old Chicago-area Combined Insurance employee suggests that the nude videos Barrett secretly record of Andrews in hotel rooms where not simply a one-time occurrence, Rather, it now appears that Barrett relentlessly stalked Andrews for more than a year....

Good Morning America has made headlines with stories about ordinary Americans finding missing money and unclaimed money. And, one of those ordinary Americans could very well be you. According to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, there is about $32.877 billion dollars of unclaimed funds from lost checking accounts, saving accounts, safety deposit accounts, insurance claims and other sources. So, if you think you may have some unclaimed cash just waiting for you - here are the top 5 tips on how to get it back:...

Anyone concerned about their finances during the ongoing recession might want to take a quick refresher on insurance, and then reviewing their own policies and coverage anew, according to a poll conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The NAIC is an organization of states’ chief insurance regulatory officials that “serves the needs of consumers and the industry, with an overriding objective of supporting state insurance regulators as they protect consumers and maintain the financial stability of the insurance marketplace....

Cell phone videos captured by citizen reporters show us cops on the job. Sometimes what we see is awful. Yesterday, such a video emerged, showing footage of two Louisiana police officers shooting Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, father of five, as he’s pinned on the ground. The Daily Beast spoke to Abdullah Muflahi, the convenience store owner who on Tuesday night in Baton Rouge filmed police killing his friend outside his shop....

The latest variation of the destructive “Conficker” or “Downadup” computer worm is set to activate on April 1, setting cybersecurity experts and computer users scrambling to understand the threat and protect systems worldwide. A Computerworld article offers some insight into the particular difficulty of combating this latest strain of the Conficker worm, which Computerworld calls “2009’s biggest worm by a mile.” According to Computerworld, “PCs infected with Conficker.c, the third version of the worm that first appeared late last year, will use a new communication scheme on April 1 to establish a link to the command-and-control servers operated by the hackers who seeded the malware....

It wasn’t a ‘Freaky Friday’ in a Los Angeles courtroom today, unless of course you were expecting the Lindsay Lohan hearing to result in actual punishment for the probation violation she committed when she failed two drug tests last month. On October 22, Judge Elden Fox decided that rehabilitation was the better part of valor, and assigned our errant actress to just over two months in rehab in lieu of any additional jail time....