Analysis: The world’s problems enter Japan’s psyche, again
By KEN MORITSUGU The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been brutally reminded that the world is a dangerous place. In a shock to…
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Final charge dropped against Detroit cop in fatal raid
A judge has dismissed the last charge against a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a raid in 2010. Assistant prosecutor Rob Moran said Friday that…
Lawyer says Suge Knight was behind wheel in deadly crash
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man on Thursday as he fled attackers in a…
French arrests beg question: Is free speech for all?
By JILL LAWLESS When cartoonists at a French publication that had poked fun at the Prophet Muhammad were shot dead, millions around the world felt it as an attack on…
France traces arms, attack money, prepares new terror laws
By LORI HINNANT and ANGELA CHARLTON France’s prime minister announced he would seek tighter surveillance of convicted extremists Tuesday and reports emerged that the weapons used by a terror cell…
Police seek motive in Idaho shooting rampage that killed 3
By GENE JOHNSON A laptop computer seized from the vehicle of a man accused of killing three people in western Idaho could unveil clues into a motive for the shooting…
AP Exclusive: Witness to Paris officer’s death regrets video
The man whose amateur video of a Paris police officer’s cold-blooded murder shocked the world now regrets sharing the footage online, saying he never expected it to be broadcast so…
Suspect arrested after 3 killed in Idaho shooting spree
By STEVEN DUBOIS Investigators are probing the background of a suspect in a shooting spree in Moscow, Idaho, that left three people dead and another critically wounded. A gunman opened…