
3 dead in Swiss workplace shooting
A longtime employee opened fire at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland on Wednesday, leaving three people dead, including the assailant, ...
House to take up Senate's anti-violence act
Congress appeared on a course to renew the expired Violence Against Women Act after House Republican leaders on Tuesday agreed to take up a version ...

APNewsBreak: Taliban attacks not down after all
The American-led military coalition in Afghanistan backed off Tuesday from its claim that Taliban attacks dropped off in 2012, tacitly acknowledging ...

Teen charged in Ohio school shooting pleads guilty
A teenager charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school pleaded guilty to all charges Tuesday, the eve of the first anniversary of the ...

Experts: Pistorius violated basic firearms rules
Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star athlete violated ...
Gun laws in selected countries
In South Africa, where Oscar Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, gun ...
Zimbabwe PM's party reports increase in violence
The party of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday that violence against its supporters is increasing as political tensions rise ...
Senate panel likely to write gun bills next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee seems all but certain to start voting on an assault weapons ban and other gun curbs next week, Congress' first roll ...
Officials press Facebook over Newtown postings
Facebook offered assurances Monday that the social media site is removing some posts and so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary ...

Victims of Kenya's last election still in limbo
Alex Ndungu is the latest victim of the harsh mountain winds that blow through the rows of straw huts in Gwa Kungu, a village where those displaced ...

Former UN chief says violence could mar Kenya vote
The former head of the U.N. — the man who helped save Kenya from spiraling deeper into election violence five years ago — warned Saturday that ...
House to take up own version of anti-violence act
The House and Senate appeared headed for another partisan battle as the House prepared to take up its version of the once-noncontroversial Violence ...

In Connecticut, Biden urges action on gun control
Vice President Joe Biden sought to rally support for the Obama administration's gun control proposals as he spoke Thursday at a conference on gun ...

Rapper Ja Rule leaves NY prison in gun case
Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun ...

Official: Calif. gunman was loner, 'gamer'
The first of three people killed in a gunman's rampage was identified Wednesday as a 20-year-old woman but police did not know why she was in the home ...
Republicans offer deal on American Indian courts
Several House Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation on Native American courts that could lay the groundwork for a compromise on the stalled ...

Egypt rights groups allege rising police brutality
Egyptian rights groups alleged Wednesday that police abuse and brutality are on the rise in detention centers and at demonstrations, which have ...

Pistorius applied for licenses for 6 more guns
Oscar Pistorius applied for firearm licenses for six more guns weeks before the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp inside his house on Feb.
Biden to attend gun violence conference in Conn.
Vice President Joe Biden and the parents of a student killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School are scheduled to speak at a conference on gun violence ...

Shooting spree across Calif county leaves 4 dead
A violent rampage that left four dead in suburban Orange County began in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday when a 20-year-old killed a woman in his home and ...

Former Ivory Coast president faces charges
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was prepared to go to any lengths — including using lethal force — to cling to power after losing ...

Strike, protests hit Egypt's Port Said for 3rd day
A third day of protests and strikes brought the restive city of Port Said to a halt on Tuesday, as demonstrators demanded security officials be held ...

Colo. House Dems lead passage of gun control bills
Colorado's Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed a handful of gun control bills, signaling a political shift in the wake of recent mass ...

Colo. House passes gun-control measures
Limits on the size of ammunition magazines and universal background checks passed the Colorado House on Monday, during a second day of emotional ...

Kids' suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance
Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she's going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles.