Court OKs trial for girl who texted boyfriend urging suicide
By DENISE LAVOIE A teenager who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to take his own life and telling him to “get back in” a truck filled…
Crime
Palestinian kills Israeli, wounds family in West Bank attack
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and IAN DEITCH A Palestinian gunman ambushed a family traveling in a car in the West Bank on Friday, killing an Israeli man and wounding his wife…
Turkish official: Attackers were from Russia, Central Asia
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL and SUZAN FRASER As the death toll from the Istanbul airport attack rose Thursday to 44, a senior Turkish official said the three suicide bombers who carried…
At 150, KKK sees opportunities in US political trends
By JAY REEVES Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan died and was reborn before losing the fight against civil rights…
Italian police capture fugitive mob boss sought for 20 years
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Italy’s second most sought-after fugitive, a convicted, ruthless ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate boss, was captured Sunday as he slept in his bed in a hideout in the rugged…
Officer critical but stable, 1 in custody in police shooting
A police officer was shot several times Friday as he approached people suspected of smoking drugs behind an apartment building, prompting a three-hour manhunt near Philadelphia that halted a dozen…
Police driver acquitted of all charges in Freddie Gray death
By JULIET LINDERMAN A judge acquitted a police driver of all charges on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the…
Rebellious Democrats disrupt House, stage protest
Rebellious Democrats shut down the House’s legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures.…