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Mich. shootings spree suspect arraigned, jailed
A man suspected in two dozen random shootings along a 100-mile stretch of roadway in southeastern Michigan was charged with several gun crimes ...
Former Etan Patz suspect freed in Pa., held again
A former suspect in the 1979 disappearance of a New York City boy walked out of a northeastern Pennsylvania prison Wednesday morning after more than ...
Brazil's Truth Commission to investigate church
The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical ...
UK marines accused of murder granted anonymity
Five Royal Marines accused of a murder in Afghanistan have the right to remain anonymous during their trial because they could face attack if ...
Motive unclear in shooting at Calif. chicken plant
That Lawrence Jones targeted a handful of his co-workers at a chicken-processing plant, killing two of them execution-style, was evident, authorities ...
Police: Calif. shooting suspect was 'methodical'
Clattering machinery at a chicken-processing plant provided all the cover Lawrence Jones needed to kill two co-workers execution style and wound two ...
Testimony: US soldier knew he killed Afghans
The medic saw Staff Sgt. Robert Bales covered in blood and knew from the pattern of the staining it wasn't his own. He asked where it came from and ...
Suspension lifted for judge in video beating
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its suspension of a South Texas judge shown in a video beating his teenage daughter. Justices had suspended ...
Authorities: Suspect arrested in Mich. shootings
Police who arrested a suspect in a Michigan shooting spree that targeted moving cars and resulted in at least once injury were led to the man's home ...
Engineer: Stove brand in day care fire problematic
The brand of stove at the center of a fire at a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three others has been known to be ...
Nigeria newspaper editor shot in highway attack
The managing director and editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Compass daily newspaper has been shot during an attack in the country's southwest.
Officials: New mass graves found in Ivory Coast
Up to 10 new mass graves have been discovered near the site of a July attack on a camp for displaced people, officials said Tuesday, amid allegations ...
Evidence points to police manipulation in SAfrica
South African police may have altered evidence and planted weapons after they shot dead 34 striking miners near Lonmin's Marikana mines in August, ...
Man sentenced for stealing lobsters for drug habit
A Pennsylvania man could spend up to 25 years in prison for stealing lobsters he planned to sell to support his drug habit. Authorities say ...
Hearing for Army general accused of sex crimes
U.S. Army prosecutors offered the first details of a rare criminal case against a general, alleging in a military hearing Monday that he committed ...
UK's Cameron orders checks into new abuse claims
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an investigation Monday into newly raised allegations related to a major child abuse scandal in north ...
Hearing begins for suspect in Afghanistan massacre
The U.S. soldier accused of carrying out one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is due to appear in a military courtroom Monday, ...
Alleged Ind. murder accomplice freed over error
An Indiana woman who spent eight years behind bars for the killing of a blind 94-year-old woman has been freed, after a fingerprint that was ...
Border agents in contact before deadly shooting
A new report into a shooting that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead says three agents responding to an alarm were apparently in radio contact as ...
Pastor charged with killing fiancee's daughter
As police frantically worked to figure out how his fiancée's 24-year-old daughter had vanished, a Michigan pastor who had turned to God to shed his ...
Babysitter charged in 2 killings gave no warnings
Prosecutors say the mother of a 5-year-old girl stabbed to death this week would have had no hint that something might be wrong when she left her ...
Texas asks FBI to investigate helicopter shooting
Texas state police said Friday they have asked for a federal investigation of a chase in which a trooper fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a ...
Benghazi questions fuel fierce partisan debate
The deadly military-style assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has raised numerous foreign policy and national security questions and ...
Penn St. officials arraigned on new charges
Two Penn State administrators were arraigned Friday on new accusations they hushed up child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant football ...