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Ex-USD football player accused of rape gets plea deal

A former University of South Dakota football player who was accused of raping a woman in her dorm room has pleaded no contest ...

North Carolina man wanted in wife's death caught in Arizona

A North Carolina man accused of killing his wife was arrested Sunday on an Arizona interstate, authorities said, adding they ...

UK police: Stabbing near London is far-right terrorism

British police say a stabbing west of London in which a man attacked a teenager with a baseball hat and knife while hurling ...

Browns' Kareem Hunt banned 8 games by NFL for 'altercations'

Kareem Hunt promises to change. The NFL will hold him to his word. The league suspended the Cleveland Browns running back for ...

Brazil police: school attackers imitating Columbine massacre

Two young men who stormed their former school in southern Brazil armed with a gun, crossbows and axes, killing seven people, ...

Key moments in the case against actor Jussie Smollett

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men physically attacked him and yelled racial and ...

School rampage in Brazil leaves 8 dead, many wounded

Two masked men armed with a gun, knives, axes and crossbows descended on a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing ...

Rights group: EU complicit in violence against migrants

A leading rights group has accused European Union states of complacency in the "systematic, unlawful and frequently violent ...

Rutgers basketball player dismissed, faces deportation

Rutgers University basketball player Issa Thiam has been dismissed from the team and faces deportation after his arrest on ...

English soccer attacks highlight limited stadium policing

For a person who's determined to storm a Premier League field and confront — even assault — a player, there isn't much that ...

Ebola treatment center in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead

Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on ...

Jussie Smollett

Key moments since Jussie Smollett reported Chicago attack

"Empire" actor and R&B singer Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men physically attacked him and yelled ...

The Latest: Smollett attorney: Indictment is 'vindictive'

The Latest on the indictment of actor Jussie Smollett (all times local): 9:30 p.m. An attorney for Jussie Smollett says a ...

Police: Puppy stabbed during break-in 'getting lots of love'

Police in New Hampshire say a 4-month-old puppy who was stabbed during a break-in at a home has had surgery and is recovering

Neo-Nazi gets life for killing woman in interracial couple

A jury sentenced a neo-Nazi to life in prison Thursday for his murder conviction in the 2009 killing of a white woman during ...

Police: Man who killed parents feared psychiatric commitment

Kim Nicholson's troubled son disappeared last year, but he sent his parents disturbing text messages and they learned he had ...

Mario Batali gives up financial stake in all his restaurants

Celebrity chef Mario Batali has given up financial stakes in all his restaurants, severing a 20-year business partnership ...

Guards block 18 French prisons after inmate knife attack

Guards blocked entrances at as many as 18 French prisons after two colleagues were stabbed by a radicalized inmate. In a ...

Stabbing of guards at French prison treated as terror attack

A prison inmate suspected of injuring two guards with a knife and locking himself inside a visiting room has been arrested, ...

Man charged with egg assault on UK opposition leader

British police have charged a man after opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn was hit by an egg. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn ...