The Latest: Chicago activists call for Black Friday protest
The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer (all times local): 1:45 p.m. A group of activists is calling for…
Arrests
Maldives vice president arrested over president’s boat blast
By SINAN HUSSAIN The vice president of the Maldives will be charged with high treason after being arrested Saturday in connection with an explosion aboard the president’s boat last month…
2nd University of South Florida player accused of firing gun
A second University of South Florida football player is now accused of firing a gun on campus. University police arrested junior cornerback Lamar Robbins on Thursday. He remained in the…
Report: Turkish investigators focus probe on IS militants
By SUZAN FRASER Turkish investigators were close to identifying one of two suicide bombers in the country’s deadliest attacks in years, the prime minister said Monday, adding that the Islamic…
Israel bars Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Old City
By DANIEL ESTRIN In an unprecedented measure, Israeli police barred Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday in response to stabbing attacks that killed two Israelis and wounded three others,…
Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns
By MICHAEL BALSAMO For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie…
Malaysia detains 8 suspects for questioning about Thai blast
Eight people, including four believed to be ethnic Uighurs, have been detained in Malaysia for questioning in connection with last month’s bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20…
Phoenix freeway shooting suspect: ‘I’m the wrong guy’
By TERRY TANG and BRIAN SKOLOFF A landscaper arrested in a series of Phoenix freeway shootings told a judge that authorities have “the wrong guy” as investigators stood by their…