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September 25, 2016

Viola Davis describes becoming Rape Foundation advocate

Viola Davis said Sunday that her own experiences with sexual assault led her to become an advocate for the Rape Foundation ...

September 25, 2016

More abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor

A former USA Gymnastics team physician accused of sexually abusing at least two gymnasts faces 16 more abuse complaints at ...

September 25, 2016

Lengthy jury selection in Charleston church shootings begins

The laborious process of jury selection is getting underway in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the white man ...

September 25, 2016

The Latest: Charlotte mayor lifts curfew

The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man (all times local): 7 p.m.

September 25, 2016

Police: 5 shot, 1 dead, after fight at Illinois campus party

One man was killed and four other people were wounded in a pair of shootings early Sunday, including one that happened on the ...

September 25, 2016

Mall shooting suspect: 'Creepy,' multiple arrests, disputes

The 20-year-old man suspected of killing five people with a rifle at a Macy's makeup counter had a string of run-ins with the ...

September 25, 2016

Jordanian writer gunned down outside courthouse

A prominent and outspoken Jordanian writer on Sunday was shot dead in front of the courthouse where he had been on trial for ...

September 25, 2016

Protests remain peaceful outside Charlotte Panthers NFL game

Nightly protests have shaken the city of Charlotte since the shooting death of a black man by police last week, but Sunday's ...

September 25, 2016

Police probing triple homicide search for missing teen

Police investigating a triple homicide inside a Southern California home were searching for a teenage girl who lived there ...

September 24, 2016

Baltimore Police: 3 gunmen shoot, wound 8 in attack

Three gunmen shot and wounded eight people including a 3-year-old girl on an east Baltimore street Saturday night, police ...

September 24, 2016

Funeral held for unarmed man shot by Tulsa officer

Hundreds of mourners packed a church for a funeral honoring an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white Tulsa, ...

September 24, 2016

Things to Know about deadly shootings at mall in Washington

Authorities on Sunday were investigating the background and possible motive of the suspect arrested in the slayings of five ...

September 24, 2016

Hundreds at funeral for Ohio boy, 13, fatally shot by police

A 13-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by a police officer investigating a report of an armed robbery was remembered at his ...

September 24, 2016

Priests' murders rattle Mexican city gripped by violence

In this eastern Mexican oil town already weary of rising gangland violence and extortion, the abduction and murder of two ...

September 24, 2016

Experts: May be hard convicting Tulsa cop of manslaughter

Prosecutors moved quickly to charge a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Doubts follow release of police shooting video

The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man (all times local): ___ ...

September 24, 2016

Black community sees Charlotte as glimmering, fake Oz

To much of the world, Charlotte is the Queen City — a gleaming downtown, state-of-the-art stadiums, sparkling new mass ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Report: Suspect faces domestic-violence charges

The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local): 11:18 p.m. The suspect in the Washington ...

September 24, 2016

Q&A: How NY bomb case shows difficulties for investigators

The man accused in the Manhattan bombing was flagged for an interview with Customs officials in the course of an overseas ...