File photo.  (REUTERS/Kacper Pempel ) You open your mail, and you find something unbelievable: a check for $10,000. You think it’s an advertisement, but then you realize it’s authentic. You could actually cash this piece of paper for real money. And you wonder: Is this a scam? Check fraud has been on the rise lately, perhaps because this antiquated monetary ...

Dana Thomas Byrd, 30, was arrested for grand theft-auto and leaving the scene of a crash involving death, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.  (Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office) A 22-year-old Florida man who was helping another motorist Thursday night was killed after getting hit by a car whose driver allegedly then drove off in the deceased’s vehicle, ...

Justin Theroux has opened up for the first time about his famous split from ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, seven months after their breakup.  In an interview published on Saturday by the New York Times, the actor candidly discussed what occurred during his breakup with the “Friends” actress.  “The good news is that was probably the most — I’m choosing my words ...

Andrea DelVesco, 21, a Texas native, was stabbed 19 times inside her apartment in 2015, authorities say.  (Facebook) A California man was sentenced Friday to life in prison, without parole, three years to the day he fatally stabbed a UCLA student and set her apartment ablaze. Alberto Hinojosa Medina, 25, was convicted in May in the 2015 stabbing death of ...

President Trump took aim at the FBI and the Department of Justice during a rally in Springfield, Mo., on Friday night, vowing to “get rid of” what he described as “a lingering stench” at the agencies. His remarks came amid reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year suggested secretly recording Trump to expose chaos in the White House and ...

FILE- In this file photo dated Sunday, April 22, 2012, Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist poses for a photo at a shooting range in Moscow, Russia. Russian woman Maria Butina has been jailed in the U.S. on charges that she tried to infiltrate U.S. political organizations as a covert Russian agent, and her father, Valery Butin, told Rossiya TV on ...

NBA player Richard Jefferson, right, battles for the ball while playing for the Dallas Mavericks in January 2015.  (Associated Press) The father of veteran NBA player Richard Jefferson was shot and killed this week in a drive-by shooting in Southern California, authorities said. Richard Allen Jefferson, 65, was fatally shot just before 7 p.m. Wednesday in Compton, a city south ...

Many Hollywood stars have been vocal about their dislike for President Donald Trump. But a few of them have taken things too far by threatening to harm the president. 1. Johnny Depp Johnny Depp compared himself to John Wilkes Booth and joked about assassinating President Trump during an event in Glastonbury June 22. “When was the last time an actor ...