Bob Hewitt rape trial: 3rd woman accuses former tennis star
By The Associated Press A third woman testified Wednesday that she was sexually abused while a minor by former tennis star Bob Hewitt, and that he once said to her…
Crime
Police: Parking dispute sparks 3 North Carolina killings
By MICHAEL BIESECKER A long-running parking dispute between neighbors motivated a man to kill a woman, her husband and her sister at a quiet condominium complex near the University of…
Egypt police arrest 21 soccer fans following deadly stampede
By SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian police have arrested 21 soccer fans in the wake of a deadly stampede outside a Cairo stadium and are accusing them of attacking policemen, damaging…
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By PHILIPPE SOTTO and GREG KELLER Disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a French court Tuesday that he was unaware that women who participated in orgies at…
Man charged with 1st-degree murder in UVa student’s death
By LARRY O’DELL The man already charged with the abduction of a University of Virginia student who was missing for weeks before her body was discovered has been indicted on…
Drew Peterson charged with plotting to kill prosecutor
Drew Peterson, the former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of killing his third wife and suspected in the disappearance of his fourth, has been charged with trying to hire someone…
Jury selection begins for trial over ‘American Sniper’ death
By JAMIE STENGLE Jury selection is underway for the trial of the man accused of killing the former Navy SEAL depicted in the movie “American Sniper.” More than a dozen…
Suicide bomb hits Niger border town after Boko Haram attack
By DALATOU MAMANE Boko Haram staged an overnight assault on a border town in Niger and a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a market in the same town a few…