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Chicago reaches 40 homicides in January
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 ...
Rights group says Egypt police behaves like 'gang'
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 ...
American Indian gang trio face racketeering trial
Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and ...
Calif. school named after bandido ignites debate
Scaffolding climbs the walls of the new elementary school in Salinas, an agricultural city celebrated as John Steinbeck's birthplace but plagued by ...
Violence, gangs scar Chicago community in 2012
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 ...
NY's top court: NYC gang member not a terrorist
Street gangsters who commit assaults and killings are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade ...
Correction: Gang Indictment story
In a story Dec. 6 about a racketeering indictment against dozens of alleged gang members, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of ...
Sao Paulo could face gang war with truce collapse
A tenuous six-year truce between police and gang members is over in Sao Paulo — that much seems clear to shopkeeper Vanuza Alves da Silva, who has ...
APNewsBreak: Idaho inmates claim gangs run prison
A gang war that appears to have taken over parts of an Idaho private prison is spilling into the federal courts, with some inmates contending prison ...
After dramatic spike, Chicago homicides slow down
When the city's gang war intensified last spring, shootings became so frequent they sometimes seemed like a ghastly game of tennis, with each ...
ABC special shines light on Chicago violence
ABC News said it wanted to step beyond reporting on the gang violence in Chicago to explore ways of reducing it. The network, as shown in reports ...
Official proposes bullet tax to curb Chicago crime
As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet ...
Violent street gang: US targets finances of MS-13
The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown ...
NY court considers: Is gang member a terrorist?
In 2002, a New York City street gang crashed a christening party, shouted out their superiority, confronted a rival and started a fight that left a ...
NYPD is watching Facebook to fight gang bloodshed
Police investigating two gangs called the Very Crispy Gangsters and the Rockstarz didn't need to spend all their time pounding the pavement for leads.
Ex-LA gang member exonerated of murder, released
A former gang member imprisoned for 19 years for a murder he didn't commit has been exonerated and set free. John Edward Smith, wearing glasses and ...
Judge exonerates former LA gang member of murder
A courtroom erupted in applause, cheers and shouts of "We love you" as a former gang member imprisoned for 19 years for a murder he didn't commit was ...
Chicago teachers vote to return to classroom
Teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines in Chicago, ending a combative stalemate with Mayor Rahm ...
Weighing offer, Chicago teachers remain on strike
Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they need more time before deciding ...
Murdered schoolboys shake Salvador's gang truce
The schoolboys went missing on a Thursday, and it took nearly three weeks for police to discover the mass grave. On July 11, a police investigator, ...
In Chicago, lifeline schools brace for strike
Elfega Cazares isn't taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the ...
Police: Relative reported worries about soldier
A relative of one of four soldiers accused by Georgia authorities of killing a fellow soldier and plotting anti-government acts came to police with ...
Prosecutor: Ga. murder case uncovers terror plot
Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that ...