Tag: Violence
U.S. judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms....
Man sentenced who killed wife, propped body in front of kids
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man who killed his wife and propped up her body on a sofa as her children opened...
Transgender Salvadoran killed despite long search for safety
SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador — Rejected by her family, Zashy Zuley del Cid Velásquez fled her coastal village in 2014, the first of a...
Official sues over his arrest at police brutality protest
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County supervisor has filed a lawsuit against the city and county alleging law enforcement officers violated his civil rights when...
In Belarus, yellow tags single out political prisoners
KYIV, Ukraine — While visiting her son in a Belarusian prison, Natallia Makavetskaya saw deep scars on his wrists left by tight handcuffs. She...
Protests as Austria grapples with violence against women
VIENNA — The 35-year-old woman was working at a tobacco shop in Vienna when authorities say her ex-boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set...
Students suspended after schoolyard clash over Pride flags
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A schoolyard clash over gay Pride flags got some students suspended and others expelled from their Florida middle school. The...
School district agrees to pay $3M in bullied child’s suicide
CINCINNATI — The parents of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself after being bullied repeatedly at an Ohio school have reached a tentative $3...
Judge grants delay in civil rights case over Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — A magistrate judge has delayed until September the arraignment of four former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in...
Mexico’s top security official: Violence unrelated to races
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s secretary of the interior said Thursday that attacks that have killed 35 candidates or contenders for nominations and threats to...