Tag: Violent crime
Omaha mayor’s family says her husband has died
OMAHA, Neb. — The mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, said Friday her husband has died, several hours after police found a dead man at the...
As violence surges, some question Portland axing police unit
PORTLAND, Ore. — Elmer Yarborough got a terrifying call from his sister: She wept as she told him two of his nephews may have...
Afghan suspected of stabbing 7 held in custody in Sweden
<p>STOCKHOLM — A 22-year-old Afghan man who is suspected of having stabbed seven men in a town in southern Sweden, leaving three of them...
50 people sue Wisconsin city over handling of protests
WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Fifty people are suing a Wisconsin city over the way it handled protests last fall after authorities announced that a police...
$1M for Minneapolis fences, barricades for Floyd death trial
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials will spend at least $1 million to put up fences and other barricades ahead of the trial...
FBI denies asking Dallas to keep suspect officer on job
DALLAS — The FBI did not ask Dallas police to keep an officer now charged with two counts of murder on duty investigated for...
German TV director charged with rape in prominent MeToo case
<p>BERLIN — One of Germany's best-known TV directors and scriptwriters has been formally charged with raping an aspiring actress almost 25 years ago, Munich...
Man charged in Indiana bus driver’s strangulation death
<p>BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A man has been charged with murder in the January killing of a southern Indiana school bus driver who was found...
Mexico president’s support of tarnished pol tears at party
<p>MEXICO CITY — Months of protests over the nomination of a man accused of rape, including open dissent within the Mexico President Andrés Manuel...
Afghan suspected of stabbing 7 held in custody in Sweden
STOCKHOLM — A 22-year-old Afghan man who is suspected of having stabbed seven men in a town in southern Sweden, leaving three of them...