Inmate shows no obvious distress in Oklahoma execution
By SEAN MURPHY In its first lethal injection since a botched one last spring, Oklahoma executed a convicted killer with a three-drug method also used by Florida for an execution…
Crime
European police arrest 2 dozen in anti-terrorism sweeps
By RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON French, German and Belgian police arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terrorism raids Friday, as European authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by…
Judge revokes Chris Brown probation in Rihanna assault case
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY A judge revoked Chris Brown’s probation on Thursday but allowed him to remain free for now after the R&B singer traveled without approval for a concert and…
Belgium police kill 2 in anti-terror raid during shootout
By RAF CASERT and FRANK AUGSTEIN Belgian security forces killed two terror suspects with links to Syria in a fierce shootout in the eastern city of Verviers on Thursday and…
France sees 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage
By JAMEY KEATEN and SYLVIE CORBET Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said…
Teachers: Ohio man accused in terror plot a typical student
By LISA CORNWELL Officials from the school district where the Ohio man accused in a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol attended high school say he was a typical student…
France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast
By LORI HINNANT France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it was sending an aircraft carrier to…
France arrests 54 for defending terror; announces crackdown
By LORI HINNANT France ordered prosecutors around the country Wednesday to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and glorifying terrorism, announcing that 54 people had been arrested for those offenses…