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NYPD: Crypto investor charged in kidnapping, torture of tourist

Two people were arrested in New York City on Friday in connection with the kidnapping and torture of an Italian tourist, authorities said.

May 24, 2025

Inmate who escaped Louisiana jail a second time has been captured

Authorities said Tra'Von Johnson, 22, who escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail about a year ago, had accomplished the same feat again.

May 23, 2025

Georgia man charged in wife's killing 19 years after fleeing with nanny

Investigators got a big break when investigators traveled to Costa Rica and found the nanny willing to talk after her relationship with Jon Worrell had ended.

May 23, 2025

8 guilty in Kardashian jewelry heist case

A Paris court delivered verdicts to the people accused of carrying out an armed heist targeting reality TV star Kim Kardashian in 2016. Eight of the 10 defendants were found guilty. CBS News' Tina Kraus reports.

May 23, 2025

Kim Kardashian leaves the courthouse after testifying in the trial of 10 people accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of jewelry from her while holding her at gunpoint during Paris Fashion Week in 2016, in Paris, France, May 13, 2025.

8 found guilty of Kim Kardashian jewelry heist in Paris; 2 acquitted

Eight people were found guilty of robbing Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016. Two defendants were acquitted.

May 23, 2025

Trump shooter was designing bomb, emails show

The 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a July 2024 rally in Pennsylvania ordered materials to make a bomb, documents show. However, emails show Thomas Matthew Crooks was still working on applications to transfer out of community college. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates has the details.

May 23, 2025

Minneapolis mayor on police reform shift

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is reacting to the Trump administration's latest moves that impact police reform efforts. This comes five years after George Floyd's death following an encounter with Minneapolis police officers. Frey joins CBS News 24/7 with more.

May 23, 2025

Loved ones on slain embassy employees

Mourners are grieving Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky's deaths after they were attacked outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.

May 23, 2025

Woman arrested in jailbreak case

The New Orleans police chief is speaking out on the manhunt for multiple detainees who escaped from a Louisiana jail. CBS News' Kati Weis has more about the search and the latest arrests of those accused of aiding the escapees.

May 23, 2025

FBI evidence on D.C. murder suspect

The FBI is collecting evidence from the Chicago home of the murder suspect charged with shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has updates.