Tag: Assault and battery
Video shows Israeli police beating lawmaker at protest
JERUSALEM — A video circulating online shows Israeli police punching a member of parliament and wrestling him to the ground at a protest against...
Inmate charged in Iowa prison deaths had threatened before
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An inmate charged with beating two Iowa prison employees to death with a hammer had threatened to assault staff at...
Man who placed wife’s body in front of kids guilty of murder
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man who killed his wife and propped up her body on a sofa as her children opened...
Deputy stabbed to death at Georgia jail; another deputy hurt
MACON, Ga. — A sheriff’s deputy has been stabbed to death and another law officer injured early Tuesday at a Georgia jail, authorities said.
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Doormen fired for failing to intervene in anti-Asian attack
NEW YORK — Two New York City apartment building workers have been fired for failing to help an Asian American woman as she was...
N Carolina motorist sues police after being thrown on glass
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Black motorist says a white North Carolina police officer threw her onto broken glass after he broke her car window...
Iowa to pay $225,000 to settle lawsuit over trooper’s force
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa will pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was injured when a state trooper knocked...
Man kill 9-year-old son, 7 other relatives, himself in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — A man gunned down his 9-year-old son and seven relatives of his two wives before killing himself Monday in southwestern Iran,...
Death of ‘Miracle on Ice’ standout Pavelich ruled suicide
ANOKA, Minn. — Last month's death of "Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey standout Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide, a Minnesota medical examiner said...
Prosecutor: Atlantic City Store owner dies after robbery
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Prosecutors in New Jersey say they are investigating the death of the owner of a store on the Atlantic City...
