http://www.mail.com/subjects/24606-gangs.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24606-gangs.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089316-brothers-arrested-mothers-day-parade-shooting.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a Mother's Day parade in a New Orleans neighborhood. The arrests by city police and U.S. marshals came less than four days after gunfire scatt... Fri, 17 May 2013 01:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089316-brothers-arrested-mothers-day-parade-shooting.html 2013-05-17T01:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html 2013-05-17T19:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2055316-immigration-debate-creates-dilemma-obama.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's prospects for a sweeping legislative victory this year now rest almost solely on the immigration overhaul working its way through Congress. But immigration's tricky politics have created a dilemma for a president fighting for an issue he considers central to his legacy. If Obama is too closely aligned with the le... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:14:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2055316-immigration-debate-creates-dilemma-obama.html 2013-05-01T20:14:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040170-boy-15-fatally-shot-obamas-chicago.html CHICAGO (AP) — A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in a backyard about four blocks from President Barack Obama's Chicago home, police said Tuesday. Cornelius German of Chicago was found unresponsive around 9:40 p.m. Monday. He had been shot in the back and was pronounced dead at the scene on the city's South Side, police told The Associated Press. ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:19:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040170-boy-15-fatally-shot-obamas-chicago.html 2013-04-24T01:19:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970890-senate-gang-8-close-immigration-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is nearing agreement on a comprehensive immigration bill that would put illegal immigrants on a 13-year path to citizenship, officials with outside groups keeping up with the talks said Thursday. The legislation also would install new criteria for border security, allow more high- and low-skilled workers to... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:00:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970890-senate-gang-8-close-immigration-deal.html 2013-03-22T01:00:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969866-chicago-to-close-54-schools-to-address-1b-deficit.html CHICAGO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Chicago students, parents and teachers learned Thursday their schools were on a long-feared list of 54 the city plans to close in an effort to stabilize an educational system facing a huge budget shortfall. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the closures are necessary because too many Chicago Public School buildings are half-empty... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:30:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969866-chicago-to-close-54-schools-to-address-1b-deficit.html 2013-03-22T00:30:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they've weakened a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest now that an alleged leader and two members have been convicted in one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. But investigators acknowledge their work isn't done in Minnesota or other states where th... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:35:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html 2013-03-20T12:35:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. An alleged leader of the Native Mob, 34-year-old Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, was found guilty on several charges including t... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html 2013-03-19T23:24:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965222-calls-change-slain-chicago-infants-funeral.html CHICAGO (AP) — A community unable to make sense of the killing of a 6-month-old Chicago girl filed past her tiny white casket Tuesday, as religious leaders implored them to transform gang-riven neighborhoods and seize the "power in the blood of the innocent." Jonylah Watkins was sitting on her father's lap in a minivan when a gunman approached on foot and... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:20:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965222-calls-change-slain-chicago-infants-funeral.html 2013-03-19T22:20:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1948918-infant-latest-victim-chicago-gang-violence.html CHICAGO (AP) — A 6-month old girl became the latest innocent victim of Chicago gang violence when a gunman ambushed her father while he was changing her diaper along a South Side street and unloaded round after round into the two of them. Jonylah Watkins died at a hospital Tuesday after surgeons did what they could to repair the damage from the five bulle... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:29:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1948918-infant-latest-victim-chicago-gang-violence.html 2013-03-12T21:29:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1943362-senators-hush-hush-they-craft-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary workers and border security. In a capital riven by partisanship and gridlock, they are determined to be the exception and actuall... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:25:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1943362-senators-hush-hush-they-craft-immigration-bill.html 2013-03-10T01:25:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1885470-prosecutor-chicago-gang-war-led-to-teens-death.html CHICAGO (AP) — Two men circled a park on Chicago's South Side looking for members of a rival gang before one crept up on a group seeking shelter from the rain under a canopy and opened fire, striking a 15-year-old honor student who once made a video protesting gang violence, prosecutors said Tuesday. New details about the death of Hadiya Pendleton emerged... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1885470-prosecutor-chicago-gang-war-led-to-teens-death.html 2013-02-12T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1870574-armed-gang-rapes-6-spanish-tourists-mexico.html ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort. The vicious, hours-long attack occurred before dawn Monday at a house that six Spanish men, six Spanish women and a Mexican woman had rented on ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1870574-armed-gang-rapes-6-spanish-tourists-mexico.html 2013-02-06T01:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852150-chicago-reaches-40-homicides-january.html CHICAGO (AP) — A bloody weekend in which seven people were killed and six wounded has put an abrupt end — at least for now — to hopes that Chicago was at least putting a lid on its frightening homicide rate. With a few days left in the month, the nation's third-largest city now finds itself on the cusp of its deadliest January in more than a decade. The n... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852150-chicago-reaches-40-homicides-january.html 2013-01-28T22:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian rights group on Tuesday accused the country's police of "acting like a gang," torturing detainees and continuing to use violence to impose control while the country's president flounders at efforts to reform the powerful security apparatus. The report released by The Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights documented 16 cases of p... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html 2013-01-22T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond will go on trial Tuesday in what authorities call one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, 34, — an alleged leader of the Native Mob — a... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html 2013-01-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1794582-calif-school-named-bandido-ignites-debate.html FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Scaffolding climbs the walls of the new elementary school in Salinas, an agricultural city celebrated as John Steinbeck's birthplace but plagued by gang violence. Although still under construction, the school is already embroiled in controversy because the school board decided to name it after Tiburcio Vasquez, one of the state's mos... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1794582-calif-school-named-bandido-ignites-debate.html 2013-01-01T17:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1791226-violence-gangs-scar-chicago-community-2012.html CHICAGO (AP) — It was February, the middle of lunch hour on a busy South Side street. The gunman approached his victim in a White Castle parking lot, shot him in the head, then fled down an alley. The next month, one block away, also on West 79th Street: Two men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire at the Bishop Golden convenience store. They killed one youn... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1791226-violence-gangs-scar-chicago-community-2012.html 2012-12-31T11:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758632-nys-top-court-nyc-gang-member-terrorist.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Street gangsters who commit assaults and killings are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, New York's highest court ruled unanimously Tuesday. There's no indication New York lawmakers passed the law to elevate gang-on-gang street violence to the status of terrori... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758632-nys-top-court-nyc-gang-member-terrorist.html 2012-12-11T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1748910-correction-gang-indictment-story.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story Dec. 6 about a racketeering indictment against dozens of alleged gang members, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of defendant Vianna Roman as 23. She is 37 years old. A corrected version of the story is below: Feds: Imprisoned murderer ran gang network Feds say convicted murderer ran gang network from behind b... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1748910-correction-gang-indictment-story.html 2012-12-07T20:29:00Z