High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats
By SAM HANANEL The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man prosecuted for making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free-speech issues that had made…
Violence
Motorcycle gang shootout started with parking dispute
By EMILY SCHMALL A deadly weekend shootout involving rival motorcycle gangs apparently began with a parking dispute and someone running over a gang member’s foot, police said Tuesday. Waco police…
South Carolina police officer charged with murder is fired
By BRUCE SMITH and JEFFREY COLLINS A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city’s mayor announced Wednesday,…
Selma civil rights milestone marked by first black president
By JAY REEVES and DARLENE SUPERVILLE SELMA, Ala. (AP) —Tens of thousands of people joined to commemorate the “Bloody Sunday” march of 1965 and take stock of the struggle for equality. Under…
Hate crime prosecutions rare in NC, often difficult to prove
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases…
Egypt police arrest 21 soccer fans following deadly stampede
By SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian police have arrested 21 soccer fans in the wake of a deadly stampede outside a Cairo stadium and are accusing them of attacking policemen, damaging…
2 Philadelphia officers accused of severely beating man
By SEAN CARLIN Two city police officers were arrested Thursday and accused of knocking a man off a scooter and beating him so severely that another officer thought he had…
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…