POLICE KILL LA. BANK HOSTAGE TAKER; 1 HOSTAGE DIES
By HOLBROOK MOHR Investigators work throughout the early morning hours Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., where a gunman took three people…
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OFFICIALS: 56 KILLED IN EGYPT, MOST IN CAIRO
By HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Nasr City district, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday,…
POACHERS KILL RHINO IN NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK
By JASON STRAZIUSO EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC IMAGE – In this photo of Sunday Aug. 10, 2013 provided by Kenya Wildlife Services a dead rhino killed by poaches in Nairobi National…
NYC MAYOR LAMBASTES STOP-AND-FRISK RULING
By COLLEEN LONG New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, speaks while Police Commissioner Ray Kelly looks on during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. A…
UK BARS TRASH CANS FROM TRACKING PEOPLE WITH WI-FI
By RAPHAEL SATTER A youth uses a trash bin in central London, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Officials say that an advertising firm must immediately stop using its network of high-tech…
HOLDER PROPOSES CHANGES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
By PETE YOST This Oct. 4, 2010 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder speaking during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is calling for major…
FATHER KILLS SON, HIMSELF AT YWCA OFFICES IN NH
Police assemble outside the YWCA Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. The state attorney general’s office said Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester used a handgun to fatally shoot his…
DEALERS NOW BEING CHARGED IN DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
By KATIE ZEZIMA Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato listens to a question Wednesday Aug. 7, 2013, in Toms River, N.J. With the number of heroin overdoses skyrocketing nationwide, a…