Suspect in 2 Mississippi killings dies of apparent suicide
By JEFF AMY and ROGELIO SOLIS After an intense manhunt, authorities in Mississippi said a college instructor wanted in the deaths of a woman he lived with and a university…
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Univ. of Oklahoma severs ties with frat after racist chant
By SEAN MURPHY NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on-campus house be…
States predict inmates’ future crimes with secretive surveys
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and RONNIE GREENE On a hot Friday last July, a parolee was mowing a lawn in a small cul-de-sac on the west side of the city when…
2 students hurt in shooting outside Maryland high school
By DAVID DISHNEAU The suspects in a shooting that wounded two students outside a high school basketball game in Maryland were still at large Thursday morning, and police said they…
Siege at Pakistani school ends with 126 dead
By RIAZ KHAN Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people before Pakistani officials declared a military operation…
Prosecutor: Seattle campus shooter went off meds
By GENE JOHNSON Shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra, left, is led in chains to a court hearing at a King County Jail courtroom Friday, June 6, 2014, in Seattle. Ybarra was…
DAD OF NM SHOOTING VICTIM: SHOOTER ‘NOT A BAD BOY’
Students surrounded by officials are escorted from Berrendo Middle School after a shooting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Roswell, N.M. Roswell police said the suspected shooter was arrested at the…
POLICE: 2ND PHILLY SCHOOL SUSPECT TO SURRENDER
By The Associated Press Police walk to the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at a Philadelphia high school.…