The cost of leaving Islamic State: Death or jail
By LORI HINNANT and PAUL SCHEMM The man stands furtively on a street corner near the broad avenue cutting through Tunis, his face masked by a hoodie, his tense eyes…
Violence
Michigan fighting claims of sexual abuse by teens in prison
By ED WHITE Michigan’s prison system is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging that guards and other workers failed to prevent the sexual assault of male teen inmates who…
Residents want charges for Denver officers who killed teen
By SADIE GURMAN Some residents are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the Denver officers who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who police say hit an officer with…
Oregon focus of effort to expand background checks for guns
By JEFF BARNARD Fresh off a victory in Washington state, a leading gun control group backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is hoping to make Oregon its next prize in a…
Battered NY mayor calls for temporary protest halt
By JONATHAN LEMIRE As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift…
Feds sue NYC over Rikers Island jail violence
By JAKE PEARSON and TOM HAYS Federal prosecutors sued New York City on Thursday to speed the pace of reforms to address what a Justice Department investigation found was a…
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…
Chokehold case stirs debate on special prosecutors
By JENNIFER PELTZ After a police officer wasn’t indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than…