FBI offers $20,000 reward in case of missing American woman who was kidnapped from her home in Mexico

More than a month after a 63-year-old US citizen was kidnapped from her home in Mexico, the FBI has announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. A Delaware man might have visited Florida just for the sun, but he came home $5 million richer. [Read more]

The Justice Department moved Tuesday to end a consent decree with the Seattle Police Department, bringing to a close more than a decade of federal supervision of the police department. [Read more]

A Kentucky law that aims to increase oversight in public schools by making it easier for parents to file complaints about -- and, if desired, shield their children from -- "harmful" materials has gone into effect after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear declined to veto a Republican-pushed bill. [Read more]

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced it has assumed control of the Paterson Police Department until new leadership can be installed, saying there is a "crisis of confidence" in the city's law enforcement. [Read more]