Police identify man who carried out UCLA murder-suicide
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and CHRISTINE ARMARIO Police on Thursday identified the man they say carried out a murder-suicide that took the life of an engineering professor at UCLA. The…
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Islamic State’s lasting grip is a new hurdle for Europe, US
By LORI HINNANT The girl, speaking in the lilting accent of southern France, appeared in government ads describing how she was recruited by Islamic State extremists during her quest for…
Survivors of tornado that leveled Missouri city look back
By JIM SUHR A sky-darkening storm was working its way into southwest Missouri around dinnertime on a Sunday evening, zeroing in on the city of Joplin. Will Norton was among…
North Carolina governor files lawsuit over LGBT rights law
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and EMERY P. DALESIO North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration sued the federal government Monday in a fight for a state law that requires transgender people…
West Point launches inquiry into cadets’ fists-raised photo
By JENNIFER PELTZ The U.S. Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo showing 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised, an image that has spurred…
Police: Shooting spree turned random after first attack
By BEN NUCKOLS The shooting spree began with a domestic slaying in an unusually public place. According to police, Eulalio Tordil, a federal security officer, shot and killed his estranged…
US government: North Carolina LGBT law violates civil rights
By EMERY P. DALESIO and GARY D. ROBERTSON A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department…
Former House speaker sentenced to more than a year in prison
By MICHAEL TARM Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to…