Tag: Violence
China looks to extend table tennis domination at Tokyo Games
TOKYO — HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: China won all four gold medals in Rio. It was China versus China in the women’s singles gold medal...
New US LGBTQ-rights envoy sees reasons for hope and worry
NEW YORK — Jessica Stern, soon to become the State Department's special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, sees a mix of promising news and...
Businesses, schools close as storm Elsa nears Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Officials in St. Vincent and the Grenadines closed schools, businesses and an international airport on Friday as the eastern...
Turkey officially withdraws from treaty protecting women
ISTANBUL — Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from a landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won’t be...
Dodgers’ Roberts says Bauer still expected to start Sunday
WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says pitcher Trevor Bauer is still on track to start Sunday against the Washington Nationals while...
Indians’ Naylor set for surgery after horrific leg injury
CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Josh Naylor sustained multiple leg fractures and torn ligaments in his violent collision with rookie second baseman Ernie Clement during...
52 Italy prison guards suspended over prisoner beatings
ROME — Fifty-two prison officer have been suspended for their alleged involvement in an assault on inmates who had protested the lack of face...
South Carolina gives initial OK to $6M prison riot deal
South Carolina officials gave initial approval Tuesday to a $6 million settlement to resolve dozens of prisoner lawsuits against the Department of Corrections following...
Gun deaths rising in Iowa as new law removes handgun permits
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Gun deaths are surging in Iowa as a law is set to go into effect Thursday that will allow people...
Houston chief calls 1977 police killing ‘straight-up murder’
HOUSTON — Houston's police chief has publicly apologized to the family of a man killed by six officers more than four decades ago, calling...
