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Border Patrol agent shot, killed on patrol in Ariz
A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 ...
Attackers kill students in northeast Nigeria
Assailants shot or stabbed to death at least 25 people in the second attack near colleges in Nigeria's troubled northeast in the last few days, ...
Ex-Ala. prof wants to be tried in brother's death
The former University of Alabama-Huntsville professor sentenced to life in prison for killing three of her colleagues in a shooting rampage wants to ...
Official: Iraq searches Syria-bound Iranian plane
Iraqi authorities on Tuesday ordered an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land in Baghdad for a search, then allowed the flight to proceed after ...
Tunisians protest over alleged rape by police
Hundreds of Tunisians protested Tuesday in support of a woman who says she was raped by police and is facing accusations of violating modesty laws.
Indian general stabbed and wounded in London
A retired Indian army general who helped lead a deadly 1984 raid on Sikhism's holiest shrine in India has been stabbed and wounded in London, in what ...
Slain NY student's friends focus on violence issue
As her family mourned her death, the friends of a college freshman who police say was beaten to death in her dorm room by her boyfriend have rallied ...
Cops: Minneapolis gunman lost job over performance
The gunman who killed five people at a Minneapolis sign company last week was fired for poor performance and lateness just moments before he started ...
Shootings expose cracks in US mental health system
Andrew Engeldinger's parents pushed him for two years to seek treatment for what they suspected was mental illness, but even though he became ...
Police: Man talked to 'Dr. Phil' before confessing
A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in Houston and then driving hundreds of miles to dump her body in a West Texas oil field taped an interview ...
Fatal shooting mars Venezuela election campaign
Jason Valero was so excited about the possibility that Henrique Capriles could unseat President Hugo Chavez that he took a few weeks off from his job ...
Attorney: Conn. man who shot masked son devastated
A popular teacher who fatally shot a knife-wielding prowler in a ski mask and then learned it was his 15-year-old son is devastated and filled with ...
South Africa starts investigating mine violence
A judicial panel on Monday investigated the rocky site where South African police killed 34 striking miners in August. Crime experts showed the ...
Brain-damaged man wins new trial in 1987 killing
Two decades into a fight over the case of a brain-damaged defendant, Richard Lapointe's supporters claimed their first victory Monday as a Connecticut ...
Vegas police cite Hilton boyfriend in battery case
Police in Las Vegas say the 21-year-old model boyfriend of celebrity socialite Paris Hilton was cited after a scuffle with another man at a Las Vegas ...
4 arrested in VFW shooting in Florida
Four men were charged in a shooting at a Veterans of Foreign War post in Florida that killed two people and critically wounded another, authorities ...
Russian nationalists want wedding shooters jailed
It was an unusual wedding escort even for Moscow's brash style: A red Ferrari led a motorcade in which guests fired celebratory shots from car windows ...
Court won't let family sue corporation over death
The Supreme Court won't let the family of a raped and murdered college girl sue the employer of her killers for her 1979 death. The high court on ...
Court won't hear appeal in suicide shooting
The Supreme Court is refusing to hear a lawsuit over whether a police officer can be sued for fatally shooting a Texas teen-ager who was threatening ...
High court won't hear wife's appeal in murder case
The Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a former toxicologist convicted of poisoning her husband in a notorious San Diego murder case.
Boy Scouts to report pedophiles missed previously
The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago — bring suspected abusers named in the ...
Capriles leads huge rally in Venezuelan capital
A huge crowd filled the streets of Venezuela's capital on Sunday cheering for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, waving flags in a show of ...
Official: Man's NYC arrest in Lohan dispute voided
A 25-year-old man initially arrested Sunday on an assault charge after Lindsay Lohan claimed he grabbed her in her New York hotel room in an argument ...
Victim of Minn. company shooting called generous
A Minneapolis business owner who was one of five people gunned down by a newly fired employee was remembered Sunday as a generous man of humble ...