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Your telephone and Internet traffic are not the only communications subject to warrantless surveillance. The US Postal Service (USPS) is helping intelligence, law enforcement and security agencies monitor the mail of tens of thousands of people without warrants, The New ...

Cell tower dumps are becoming a popular tool for law enforcement, with both federal and local agencies using this controversial method to gain intelligence in high profile criminal cases. Once a judge issues a subpoena, mobile providers simply turn over ...

Not even the dead are safe from gun confiscation, as police in Buffalo, New York, are trying to take legal handguns from heirs of recently deceased owners. Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derrenda told the press that his officers have started ...

A bug-out bag is one of the most important aspects of survival. In fact, you could make a very convincing argument that you aren’t truly prepared for a grid-down situation or a major crisis if you don’t have at least ...

Police around the nation have seized $2.5 billion from people all over the country without warrants or charges since 2001, The Washington Post reported, in a program that has entangled thousands of innocent drivers. The newspaper also discovered cases where ...

Letting a 6-year-old boy play alone in the yard is now a crime in the state of Texas – at least, that’s what it appeared for a few days to one family. Police and Child Protective Services (CPS) paid mom ...

Police around the country are wanting to turn home and business private security cameras into surveillance devices to monitor activity on streets and other public places. New technology can give cops instant access to video from homes and businesses. The ...

In what some say is another example of the American nanny state, a mother was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor for leaving her child alone in a locked car for five minutes on a 50-degree day. ...

Police inaction has led to vigilantism and the beat-down of a suspected shoplifter in Oakland, California. The only way liquor store clerk Ahmed Eraja and his coworkers could stop a blatant thief was to tackle the man themselves. “Where are ...

Chris and Markela Sourovelis are suing Philadelphia, the district attorney’s office, and the police department to shut down one of the most aggressive forfeiture units in the country. It all started one afternoon last May when Chris Sourvelis received a ...