Manhunt under way for suspects who wounded 2 NYPD officers
A manhunt was under way Tuesday for at least two suspects who shot and wounded two New York City police officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx. Both officers…
Crime
Baby snatched after shooting wounds parents is found dead
A 3-week-old baby who was abducted after a gunman shot and wounded her parents and an uncle at a Southern California residence has been found dead, and authorities are searching…
Libyan charged in 1998 US embassy bombings dies
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Fifteen years after allegedly helping al-Qaida plot the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Abu Anas al-Libi parked his car on a quiet street…
Murder rate falls in impoverished New Jersey city
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Like she does every year, Sister Helen Cole spent the last days of December overseeing a vigil for each person slain in Camden. For 2014, she lit…
‘A living hell’ for slaves on remote South Korean islands
By FOSTER KLUG, JUNG-YOON CHOI and KIM TONG-HYUNG He ran the first chance he got. The summer sun beat down on the shallow, sea-fed fields where Kim Seong-baek was forced…
Legal marijuana states have lessons to share
By KRISTEN WYATT Don’t worry about a federal lawsuit. But do worry about tax rates. Those are among the many lessons Colorado and Washington have to share from the front…
Cleveland seeks outside probe of boy’s shooting
The city of Cleveland is hoping to hand over the investigation of a 12-year-old boy’s fatal shooting by police to an outside agency. The city also says it would like…
Egypt court orders retrial in Al-Jazeera case
By MAGGIE MICHAEL An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year on terror-related charges, a ruling that their lawyers…