Tag: Violent crime
Sheriff: Army trainee who hijacked bus tried to escape
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina Army trainee charged with hijacking a school bus full of children is likely to face new charges after...
Bay Area mayor resigns amid new allegation of sexual assault
WINDSOR, Calif. — After refusing to quit for more than a month, the mayor of a California wine country town who has been accused...
UN launches hotlines after sex abuse allegations in Congo
BENI, Congo — The U.N. humanitarian agency urged heavy punishments Friday for aid workers and others who committed sex abuses during the Ebola epidemic...
Dunkin’ worker charged with manslaughter in customer’s death
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida prosecutors filed a manslaughter charge Friday against a Dunkin’ store employee accused of fatally punching a 77-year-old customer after the...
Woman in anti-Asian attack says she prayed for her attacker
<p>NEW YORK — A Filipina American woman whose beating outside a Manhattan building spurred outrage over violence aimed at Asian Americans said in an...
Ethiopia charges 28 soldiers with killings in Tigray region
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia’s military prosecutors have pressed charges against 28 soldiers suspected of killing civilians in the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region,...
Rittenhouse due to make first in-person court appearance
<p>MADISON, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man accused of killing two people during the chaotic protests that followed the police shooting of Jacob...
AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
<p>A year after <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">George Floyd’s murder</a> at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority...
Woman in anti-Asian attack says she prayed for her attacker
NEW YORK — A Filipina American woman whose beating outside a Manhattan building spurred outrage over violence aimed at Asian Americans said in an...
Rittenhouse due to make first in-person court appearance
MADISON, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man accused of killing two people during the chaotic protests that followed the police shooting of Jacob...