SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal court jury today found Brian David Mitchell guilty in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart. The 12-member jury reached their verdict at 10:30 a.m. following five hours of deliberations that began Thursday evening. Mitchell was convicted of interstate kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor to engage in sexual activity for allegedly holding Smart captive ...

HACKENSACK, NJ - A jail escapee who kept a SWAT team at bay for nearly four hours at a Hackensack apartment complex is charged with seven counts of attempted murder on a law enforcement officer, city Police Capt. Tomas Padilla told Cliffview Pilot. Officers seized 21-year-old Trevon Johnson, who fired at least nine or 10 shots at them Thursday afternoon with ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - A 21-year-old man charged with trying to blow up a Baltimore-area military recruiting center briefly hesitated when he heard about a federal sting operation that nabbed an alleged terrorist in Oregon last month but decided to keep going with his plan, authorities said. Antonio Martinez, a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by the name Muhammad Hussain after recently ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis police say a dispatcher mistakenly sent officers to the wrong site of a stranded motorist. But police say the mistake wasn't to blame for the man's death. The victim died early Wednesday while pushing a disabled car on the Chain of Rocks Bridge, which carries Interstate 270 traffic over the Mississippi River. He was struck ...