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January 14, 2020

8 stabbed apparently at random in Colorado, suspect detained

Eight people were injured by a male suspect in an apparent random stabbing rampage near downtown Colorado Springs, police ...

January 14, 2020

Police suspect serial killer strangled Illinois teen in 1976

A suspected serial killer strangled a suburban Chicago teenage girl in 1976 and likely killed another woman just days before ...

January 13, 2020

Malta's new leader takes office amid demands for truth

Malta's new prime minister has been sworn into office, replacing Joseph Muscat who stepped down after public protests related ...

January 13, 2020

Virginia police: No shooting found at middle school

Police in Virginia responded Monday to a report of an active shooter in the area of a Henrico County middle school but said ...

January 13, 2020

Supreme Court rejects appeal in texting suicide case

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place the conviction of a Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend text messages urging ...

January 13, 2020

New Mexico kicks Carlton Bragg Jr. off team after DWI arrest

New Mexico forward Carlton Bragg Jr. has been dismissed from the Lobos basketball team following his arrest on suspicion of ...

January 13, 2020

Review: `The Hollows' is much more than a murder mystery

“The Hollows," Minotaur Books, by Jess Montgomery In the opening of “The Hollows" by Jess Montgomery, sheriff Lily Ross is ...

January 13, 2020

Al-Shabab extremists kill 3 teachers in Kenya, abduct 1

Al-Shabab extremists killed three people in an assault early Monday in eastern Kenya, its fifth attack in thirteen days, ...

January 13, 2020

Trial delayed for French priest accused of abusing 75 boys

A former French priest accused of sexually abusing around 75 Boy Scouts went on trial Monday, but the proceedings were ...

January 13, 2020

US to send home some Saudi military students after shooting

The United States is preparing to remove more than a dozen Saudi military students from a training program and return them ...

January 12, 2020

12 shot, five dead, in single day of shootings in Baltimore

Authorities say 12 people were shot, five of them fatally, in eight separate weekend shootings in Baltimore. The first of ...

January 12, 2020

Are young crusaders and heroes fair game for critics?

The point where childhood ends and adulthood begins isn't as straightforward as it seems. Add the limelight and things can ...

January 12, 2020

AP Exclusive: Dozens allege abuse at youth detention center

More than two dozen men and women say they were physically, sexually and emotionally abused as children at New Hampshire’s ...

January 12, 2020

France's #MeToo: Book on child-sex writer prompts outcry

He was a middle-aged French author becoming known, even celebrated, for writing about sex with children. She was a fragile ...

January 11, 2020

Malta's Labor Party picks new chief after reporter's slaying

Malta’s Labor Party was choosing a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who announced his resignation ...

January 11, 2020

Las Vegas 'black widow' denies killing millionaire husband

One of Nevada’s most notorious convicted murderers, dubbed a “black widow killer,” said after being released from prison ...

January 11, 2020

Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein donated $750,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visited campus at least ...

January 10, 2020

Weinstein protesters gather outside courthouse

Dozens of protesters gathered outside a New York courthouse Friday where jury selection in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial ...