Tag: Violent crime
$1M for Minneapolis fences, barricades for Floyd death trial
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials will spend at least $1 million to put up fences and other barricades ahead of the trial...
German TV director charged with rape in prominent MeToo case
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...
50 people sue Wisconsin city over handling of protests
<p>WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Fifty people are suing a Wisconsin city over the way it handled protests last fall after authorities announced that a police...
Autopsy: California’s ‘I-5 Strangler’ was strangled himself
<p>IONE, Calif. — A California serial killer who authorities say strangled and raped at least seven women was fatally choked himself in a state...
Three have life-threatening wounds after Sweden ax attack
<p>STOCKHOLM — Hospital officials say three people wounded in an assault by a man using an ax in southern Sweden are in life-threatening condition...
Sweden says probe into knife attack looking at terror links
<p>STOCKHOLM — Swedish authorities were investigating on Thursday whether an knife attack by an Afghan man who stabbed seven men and left three of...
Reno homicide suspect arrested near Nevada-Oregon border
RENO, Nev. — Authorities in northern Nevada say a suspect in a Reno homicide was taken into custody over 200 miles (322 kilometers) away...
Georgia moving to repeal citizen’s arrest after Arbery death
<p>ATLANTA — Georgia moved closer Thursday to the possible repeal of an 1863 law that lets private citizens make an arrest, more than a...
Guatemala: 5 migrants survived January massacre of 19
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities said Tuesday that five migrants survived the Jan. 22 massacre of 19 people, including 16 Guatemalans, in northern Mexico....
Attorneys say Joe Exotic of ‘Tiger King’ wants new trial
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Joe Exotic of “Tiger King" fame has found new attorneys who say they plan to file a motion for a new...