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January 15, 2019

Poles place candles and flags at half-staff for slain mayor

Flags flew at half-staff and people signed condolence books at municipal buildings across Poland and in diplomatic missions ...

January 15, 2019

Gunman gets 84-year term in Chicago honor student's killing

A judge on Monday imposed an 84-year prison sentence on a Chicago man who fatally shot a 15-year-old honor student a week ...

January 14, 2019

The Latest: Poland mayor mourned as critic of anti-Semitism

The Latest on the stabbing of a Polish mayor (all times local): 9:10 p.m. The president of the World Jewish Congress says the ...

January 12, 2019

'90 Day Fiance' figure accused of attacking husband in Vegas

Police say a Brazilian woman featured on a TV show about people who receive U.S. immigration visas while planning marriage ...

January 11, 2019

Pakistan says 5 arrested over attack on Chinese consulate

A Pakistani police officer says investigators have arrested five suspects charged with aiding a separatist group accused of ...

January 11, 2019

Man pleads guilty after alligator threat

A man who police say placed a 3-foot alligator on top of another man in Connecticut as part of an extortion attempt has ...

January 11, 2019

Australian actor McLachlan charged with indecent assault

Australian actor Craig McLachlan has been charged with eight counts of indecent assault and one count of common assault after ...

January 10, 2019

Police: Woman breaks into police station, wanted to date cop

Police say a woman smashed her way into a closed Pennsylvania police station looking for an officer she'd been sexually ...

January 09, 2019

Man authorities believe shot Texas girl charged with murder

Texas authorities filed a capital murder charge Tuesday against a black man they believe fired the bullet that killed a ...

January 08, 2019

DA: Girl made video of dad coaching her to lie about assault

A terrified 13-year-old girl secretly recorded video of her father coaching her to lie about having been physically assaulted ...

January 05, 2019

Texas man charged in slayings of 3 kids, wounding of mother

The Texas man accused of killing three young children, including one who was his own child, and severely wounding their ...

January 04, 2019

US soldier charged in wife's killing flees to Thailand

A 21-year-old U.S. soldier is accused of flying to Indianapolis from Colorado to kill his estranged wife, then dumping her ...

January 03, 2019

German governor condemns actions by migrants and far-right

Bavaria's conservative governor is condemning an incident in which young asylum-seekers allegedly assaulted passers-by in a ...

January 02, 2019

German car attack suspect ordered kept in detention

A German man who repeatedly drove into crowds and injured eight people in apparent intentional attacks against foreigners has ...

January 01, 2019

The Latest: Manchester police quiz alleged knife attacker

The Latest on the stabbing of three people in Manchester (all times local): 8: 15 p.m. Police in the English city of ...

December 30, 2018

Missouri man fatally shoots girlfriend, her kids, her mother

A St. Louis-area man shot to death his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, ...

December 29, 2018

New laws are putting California further at odds with Trump

California Gov. Jerry Brown is leaving office Jan. 7 after signing more than 1,000 laws in his last year, further positioning ...

December 28, 2018

Pakistani police detain suspects in politician's killing

A senior Pakistani police officer says officers have detained suspects in the murder of a former lawmaker assassinated last ...

December 27, 2018

Austria: 5 monks assaulted at Vienna church

Five monks were assaulted at a Vienna church on Thursday by two people, at least one of whom apparently demanded money and ...