The Justice Department has placed two federal prosecutors in Washington on leave a day after they filed a document in court that referred to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as a “riot” carried out by a “mob,” two people familiar with the matter said.

A woman is under arrest for allegedly stabbing and critically injuring an 84-year-old woman at her home on New York's Long Island. Amanda Fraser was charged with attempted second-degree murder in connection to the attack in Massapequa and was set to be arraigned,

An asylum seeker who launched a sex attack on a woman has been jailed for more than three years. Fawaz Alsamaou, 33, from Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, strangled and sexually assaulted her under a bridge in Cathays, Cardiff.

The man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze last month was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the FBI confirmed Friday. While friends close to the gunman in the deadly shooting have said he long harbored hatred against the church,

Two of the five youths who allegedly assaulted a Black teenager in a Simi Valley parking lot over the summer admitted to felony assault and hate crimes, according to authorities.

Viral infections trigger inflammation that raises heart disease risk, study finds. Vaccination against COVID, flu and shingles may help prevent cardiovascular complications.

The World Health Organization reports that gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region returned three times to the facility during their assault.

A horse has been killed after being attacked by two dogs in a field in Batley. Police said the horse and a Shetland Pony had been attacked by the animals near Low Lane in Upper Batley just after 16:20 GMT on Monday. The injured horse had to be euthanised by a vet who attended the scene.