The 137-page, FBI-sworn affidavit against California State Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat who is also running for Secretary of State, and over two dozen other individuals reads like a crime thriller. Beyond the widely reported stories of alleged wire fraud,
The number two Republican in the Senate is lambasting a media “shield law” proposed by New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer, potentially imperiling its shot at passage. “This is a bad idea and one whose time has not come,” Sen.
With a turnover of 53 billion euros ($73 billion) in 2013, the ‘Ndrangheta mafia from southern Italy made more money last year than Deutsche Bank and McDonalds put together, a new study said Wednesday. The study by the Demoskopika research
A Florida state attorney has cleared an FBI agent and a Massachusetts State Police officer in last May’s shooting death of a Chechen man who was friends with the Boston Marathon bombers. Ibragim Todashev had been cooperative during hours of questioning in
Leopoldo Lopez is a Venezuelan opposition leader who turned himself in to authorities last month after he was charged with committing murder and terrorism. Lopez has spent more than a month in a military prison as President Maduro worked to
A television documentary has exposed that diplomatic staff have avoided prosecution for 88 crimes over the last six years. The figures come from the Foreign Office, and will appear alongside allegations that diplomatic bags are being used to carry drugs
During an March 23rd appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said it’s okay to have shotguns “but get rid of them crazy military-style assault weapons.” It’s as if Ellison doesn’t know the difference between a
There are more than 1.2 million concealed carry permit holders in Florida and women are making up a growing percentage of that figure. According to The Florida Times-Union, women “composed 15 percent” of concealed carry permit holders in Florida in
Breitbart Texas’ border security expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire recently joined the Secure Freedom Radio Show with Frank Gaffney to discuss the evolving dynamics of the drug war within the Western Hemisphere and how it impacts the southern U.S.
Tampa Bay wide receiver Mike Williams was hospitalized on Sunday after being stabbed in the thigh at his gated home. Police suspect his “brother, Eric Baylor, stabbed him with a kitchen knife,” and a “warrant has been issued for his
France’s far-right National Front party saw a resurgence on Sunday in the first round of local elections, damaging the chances of the ruling Socialist party in the process. The chief center-right UMP party took 47% of the vote; the Socialists
The French voted Sunday in the first round of local elections that could see the far-right surge as the Socialist government battles record unpopularity and the main opposition is beset by scandal. Voters are most likely to pick their mayors
NEW YORK (AP) — James Rebhorn, the prolific character actor whose credits included “Homeland,” ”Scent of a Woman” and “My Cousin Vinny,” has died. He was 65. Rebhorn’s agent, Dianne Busch, said Sunday that the actor died Friday at his
Paris (AFP) – French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. Against that backdrop, polls have suggested
Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered a fractured skull and related injuries when he was hit with a projectile fired by police on the front line of the Occupy Oakland protest in October 2011, has reached a $4.5
Progreso Texas Mayor Pro-Tem Orlando Vela now stands accused of allegedly embezzling at least $5,000 from the Progreso School District according to federal court filings. Mayor Pro-Tem Vela is the fourth member of his family to face criminal charges of
Pro-gun legislation which would allow “teachers, parents, and school visitors to have guns concealed and locked in their cars in school parking lots” is awaiting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s (R) signature. Speaking in support of that measure, State Sen. Brent Steele
It was hard to listen to. Not the initial comment, but the clearly forced apology. During the Oklahoma State-Gonzaga television broadcast Friday night, play-by-play announcer Andrew Catalon had to sheepishly say he was sorry multiple times. His crime? After Bulldogs’ center
HOUSTON, TEXAS–The FBI is working with the Houston area Missouri City Police Department to catch a criminal that they’re calling the “BMX Bandit.” Federal investigators are accusing the suspect of robbing the Amegy Bank of Texas in Missouri City on
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the top target in the U.S. for international criminal enterprises that operate from safe havens in Eastern Europe, Africa and China, according to a report being released Thursday. Along with trafficking in drugs, guns
Venezuela’s intelligence service arrested and charged the opposition mayor of restive San Cristobal, where anti-government protests broke out more than a month ago. Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said Mayor Daniel Ceballos has been detained on charges of fueling “civilian uprising”
Watching the Obama Administration conduct foreign policy is like watching Dewey Crowe try to pull off a crime caper on “Justified.” National Security Adviser Susan Rice – famed as the Sunday-show peddler of the Administration’s Benghazi lies – took to
The infamous Mexican drug cartel the Knights Templar has apparently diversified outside of illegal substances and into illegal mining, logging and extortion according to recent wire reports and leading border crime experts. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, Alfredo
On Tuesday, gunmen opened fire on a Ukrainian base in Simferopol, Crimea and one Ukrainian soldier was reportedly killed after he was shot in the neck. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said it was an act of war. “The conflict
Barack Obama sounds like he’s just a few desperate days away from hosting late-night infomercials to hawk ObamaCare. Maybe he can take over the TV time slots vacated by Kevin Trudeau, who just got the book thrown at him for
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Police photographs of the blood-spattered scene where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend indicate that evidence was moved around in violation of procedure during the investigation of the killing, the athlete’s chief defense lawyer said
A third person perished Monday as a result of the Thursday morning incident allegedly involving 21-year-old Rashad Charjuan Owens at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. According to previous reports in Breitbart Texas, two people died at the scene
On March 13 a 26-year-old man who allegedly used a handgun to corner a woman for sexual assault had his gun wrestled away and was then shot and killed with it. According to WWLTV New Orleans, the man “approached an
UKIP have been banned from speaking to students at Derby University ahead of May’s European Elections after the Students Union failed to lift a rule prohibiting the party. The Express reports that the Union have not lifted the veto, despite
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Defense attorneys said Sunday that an Army general has agreed to a plea deal that includes the dropping of sexual assault charges against him. Lawyers representing Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair said he will plead to lesser
U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has deported more than 860 sex offenders from the State of Texas this year, according to an official press release from the agency. More than 7,000 sex offenders have been deported from Texas alone
With the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 expanding far into both the Indian Ocean and southwest towards Australia, a court testimony by an al-Qaeda supergrass that he helped Malaysian al Qaeda members organize a plane hijacking is getting
Although “stand your ground” opponents argue that the law is a racist one that hurts minorities, the reality is that black Americans in high crime areas are the greatest beneficiaries of “stand your ground” laws. Dissenters like Al Shaprton and
Rashad Charjuan Owens of Killeen was formally charged with capital murder and bond has been set at $3 million dollars, according to inquiries between Breitbart Texas and the Austin Police Department (APD) late Friday. In recent police reports offered to
The U.S. government is going to surrender its oversight role over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sometime in late 2015, according to an announcement on Friday evening. ICANN is the organization that sets up Web addresses,
Despite left of center programming typical at major festivals, 2014’s South by Southwest (SXSW) featured programming that appealed to all viewers regardless of political affiliations. A few films even respectfully addressed religion, civil liberties and moral character in ways audiences
20-year-old Amber Doak of San Antonio pled guilty in federal court on Wednesday to one count of sex trafficking a 15-year-old female in August 2013. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Breitbart Texas, filed on September 1, 2013, the victim met 38-year-old Marcus
On March 6th Pastor Alan Rudnick cited the Apostle Paul and the Daily Kos to show his opposition to church gun giveaways. He was specifically reacting to the AR-15 giveaway at Grace Baptist Church, Troy, NY, and gun giveaways at
Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s billionaires, was arrested in Austria on an American arrest warrant. The FBI has been investigating him since 2006 for bribery and other charges. According to the Austrian press, Firtash was arrested in Vienna near his
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A suspected drunken driver fleeing police crashed through barricades at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, slamming into a crowd outside a nightclub and killing a man and woman on a moped early Thursday, police
