Tag: Violent crime
Man suspected of 3 killings in Oregon town is still at large
COOS BAY, Ore. — A man sought in the killings of three people after a hit-and-run crash near a casino and a shooting at...
Editor of paper that endured newsroom shooting says goodbye
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The editor of the Capital Gazette, which won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the face...
Man charged with killing security officer at basketball game
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans man has been charged with killing an off-duty university police officer outside a high school basketball game where...
Man admits threatening Missouri, Tennessee congressmen
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A southwest Missouri man has admitted that he threatened U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri and Steve Cohen of...
Kentucky judge blocks parole board rule on new hearings
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has temporarily blocked a new parole board policy that would give dozens of convicted murderers another chance at...
3 killed, suspect sought after Oregon hit-and-run, shooting
COOS BAY, Ore. — Police searched Friday for a suspect believed to have killed three people in wave of violence that included a hit-and-run...
Senator: Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her yearslong campaign to get sexual assault cases removed from the military...
OJ Simpson keeps fighting in Vegas against Goldman judgments
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson will keep fighting recent court orders in Nevada that he owes at least $60 million in judgments stemming from...
NW Indiana man gets 5-year sentence for boy’s fatal shooting
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to two years in prison for the death of a 4-year-old boy he...
Turkish policeman convicted in 2014 death of teenager
ISTANBUL — A Turkish police officer has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison for the murder of a teenager who was hit...