Tag: Violent crime
SC officer fired after body cam video shows confrontation
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina police department on Thursday announced the firing of an officer involved in the arrests of two brothers last...
Doctors to evaluate competency of office shooting suspect
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Criminal proceedings were suspended Thursday for a man charged with killing four people in a shooting at a Southern California...
Sheriff: Arrest in slaying of 3 men found at a golf course
KENNESAW, Ga. — Authorities announced the arrest of a man Thursday in connection with the killing of three men found shot to death on...
Mexico high court strikes down limit in rape case abortions
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law limiting legal abortions for rape victims to the first trimester of a...
Man whose case helped end death penalty in Illinois dies
CHICAGO — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in the state has died, his...
Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he would “deliver” a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the latest ransomware attacks targeting American businesses,...
Judge jails editor over reporter’s use of recorder in court
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina Superior Court judge put a small-town newspaper editor behind bars last month after one of his reporters used...
Germany raids homes of 2 acquaintances of Vienna attacker
BERLIN — German investigators on Wednesday raided the homes of two acquaintances of an Islamic State group sympathizer who carried out a deadly shooting...
Shooting of star Dutch reporter raises European concern
AMSTERDAM — European leaders and lawmakers expressed dismay Wednesday and rights advocates demanded justice after a veteran Dutch crime reporter was shot in the...
UK court allows US to appeal denial of Assange’s extradition
LONDON — Britain’s High Court has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to...
