New Orleans Police: 2 die in Mardi Gras parade shooting
By STACEY PLAISANCE and CAIN BURDEAU A 19-year-old man opened fire near a popular all-female Mardi Gras parade, killing two people in the latest spate of violence to mar Carnival…
Homicide
Mexico condemns deadly police shooting in Washington state
Officers killed a man accused of hurling rocks in the fourth fatal police shooting since last summer, a death that is shaking this agricultural city of 68,000 in southeastern Washington…
Widow of slain ‘American Sniper’ gives emotional testimony
By JAMIE STENGLE The widow of the Navy SEAL depicted in the Oscar-nominated film “American Sniper” clutched military dog tags as she told jurors about her final moments with her…
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…
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…
Mexican officials find 60 abandoned bodies at funeral home
By JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA Sixty rotting bodies have been found at a shuttered crematorium near Acapulco after neighbors complained to authorities about a foul smell coming from the building, officials…