Family of Tulsa megachurch leader plead no contest
Two employees of a Tulsa megachurch received five-year deferred sentences and no jail time Friday after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge ...

3 dead, including suspect, in Marine base shooting
A Marine who worked at a rigorous school that tests Marines who want to become officers fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in ...

Hunger strike hinders DC murder trial plans
The already-bizarre criminal case of a slain German socialite and journalist has been brought to a virtual standstill by her husband's refusal to eat, ...

Newtown parents describe meeting with killer's dad
When Alissa and Robbie Parker met face to face recently with the father of the young man who killed their daughter and 19 other first-graders at Sandy ...

Police: Ga. infant killed while pushed in stroller
A Georgia mother says a young gunman opened fire on her baby as she pushed him in a stroller, wounding her and killing the 1-year-old boy. Police said ...

Texas shootout may tie to Colo. prison chief death
Investigators from three Colorado police agencies rushed to Texas to determine if a former inmate who was critically wounded by Texas police after a ...

Pistorius brothers both have court dates next week
Oscar Pistorius' appeal against his bail conditions will be heard on the same day his older brother Carl is due in another South African court to ...

2 men, 1 woman dead in shooting at Marine base
Officials say a Marine killed a male and female colleague at a base in Virginia before committing suicide. Base spokesman Lt. Agustin Solivan says it ...
Court lifts gag order on India gang rape trial
A court ruled Friday that Indian media will now be allowed to cover the trial of four men accused in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a ...
1 dead in shooting at Marine Base Quantico
One person was dead after a shooting at Marine Base Quantico and authorities were in a standoff early Friday with the suspect, who had barricaded ...

Questions linger in 1990 murder of rabbi in NYC
One man's liberty could mean another's murder will never be solved. Relatives of David Ranta rejoiced in a Brooklyn courthouse Thursday as Ranta — ...

Italy to return 2 marine murder suspects to India
Italy said it would return two marines to India by Friday to face murder charges in the shooting deaths of two fishermen, reversing a decision that ...

Judge sets rules for suit over Jackson doctor
A Los Angeles judge set the stage Thursday for trial of a civil suit by Michael Jackson's mother against concert giant AEG Live. Katherine Jackson ...

Judge frees man convicted of killing NY rabbi
A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for the cold-blooded slaying of a Brooklyn rabbi was released Thursday into the arms of his weeping ...

Mob kills alleged thief in Egypt vigilante attack
Villagers in Egypt's Nile Delta killed a man suspected of trying to steal a car Thursday in the country's latest incident of vigilante violence, ...

Suit: Pa. child molester should buy victim's house
The parents of a young Pennsylvania girl who was sexually molested by their neighbor have sued the man in a bid to force him to buy their house.
Report: Cameroon officials torture gay suspects
Suspected homosexuals in Cameroon say they have been tortured and raped in prison, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and ...
Police: Girl, 7, was asked to pepper spray workers
Police say a Philadelphia-area woman returned to a dollar store where she'd been banned and pepper-sprayed employees who tried to escort her out ...

Colo. Corrections Dept. chief shot, killed at home
In the weeks before Colorado's top prisons official was fatally shot after answering his front door, he carried out a variety of functions including ...

Arson convictions challenged over fire science
Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire.

Conn. football players accused of sexual assault
Two Connecticut high school football players have been charged in sexual assault cases that, like a recent high-profile Ohio rape case, have led to ...

Death penalty recommended in Ohio Craigslist case
A jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for a self-styled street preacher convicted of killing three down-and-out men lured by bogus ...

Colorado governor signs landmark gun bills
Colorado's governor signed bills Wednesday that place new restrictions on firearms, signaling a change for Democrats who have traditionally shied away ...

Ind. police: Child safe, bus slaying suspect dead
A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed ...