Sixteen people are behind bars thanks to an 18-month long federal investigation. 49 News Reporter Marshanna Hester explains who makes up the task force, and why their job isn’t over yet.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Justice Department informed a federal trial court in Philadelphia Friday it will appeal a March ruling that struck down a law designed to protect children from online pornography.

The Cathedral City City Council will discuss at its Wednesday meeting whether to officially support pending hate crime bills before the 110th Congress of the United States, which extends coverage of federal hate crime statutes to include crimes motivated by sexual orientation.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WBRC-TV MyFoxAL.com)– Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press…

The family of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay, presumed murdered in 1977, has blasted the ACT government for honouring former federal Labor multiculturalism minister Al Grassby with a statue.

LITTLE ROCK — A federal appeals panel Thursday upheld a 25-year prison sentence for an inmate who is already on Oklahoma’s death row.

NEWARK — Angelo Prisco, described by the U.S. Attorney’s Office as a Genovese mob family crime boss, pleaded guilty today on charges he schemed to have a businessman beaten with a baseball bat.

Federal agents and local police rounded up 17 suspects in a series of raids Wednesday and Thursday, after a several-month investigation, the St. Paul Police Department said Thursday. Video: Esme Murphy Reports More Crime News

The Department of Justice is raising the red flag on youth violence. They say the problem is getting worse and that it’s playing a larger role in the national crime statistics. News 10 Now’s Evan Axelbank explains how the federal government and some local agencies want to stop the growing tide of violence.

LITTLE ROCK — A federal appeals panel Thursday upheld a 25-year prison sentence for an inmate who is already on Oklahoma’s death row.