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Peruvian President Alan Garcia denied Thursday that his government invented a tale about murderous fat-thieves to distract from allegations of police death squad killings, saying the claim was fundamentally true even if it became exaggerated.
Russian news agencies say an explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the city of Perm, killing 76 people.
Burglars broke into the offices occupied by two members of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense team overnight and stole eight computers and a safe, police said Friday.
Police said Friday they have issued a murder arrest warrant for one of two missing Southern California teens and believe charred and fragmented human remains found in the suspect's Riverside County backyard belong to the other youth.
A campus fight involving Michigan State football players and fraternity members could affect the Spartans' bowl destination. Alamo Bowl officials said Friday they are monitoring fallout from the Nov. 22 incident that has led to the suspension of 10 Michigan State players for a violation of team rules.
Chicago police are investigating a break in at the offices of two members of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (blah-GOY'-uh-viches) legal team.
A verdict is expected Friday night in an Italian court in the murder trial of American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.
Two more people will be charged Friday for allegedly helping a suspected cop killer elude police during an intense manhunt in the Seattle, Washington, area, prosecutors said.
A 68-year-old German photographer was arrested for making a hoax bomb threat outside the venue where the World Cup draw was held Friday, police said.
A verdict is expected Friday night in the murder trial of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.
Kidnapping in the developing world is a grim byproduct of globalization, and a strange and shadowy ransom industry has grown to protect and retrieve the victims. But are all the consultants and insurers really just part of the problem?
Police departments that use "stun" devices like the Taser and other "less lethal weapons" such as pepper spray can expect to see rates of injury among suspects and officers drop dramatically, according to the first federal government-backed analysis of multiple police department arrest records.
STORRS, Conn. - Police investigating the stabbing death of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard have arrested two more people in the case.
As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clampdown in the universities, with a wave of arrests and expulsions. At the same time, authorities are intensifying enforcement of Islamic morals on women's dress and men's hair length as a way to punish political dissent.
A federal prosecutor from Rhode Island has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving after police decided to charge him following questions about whether he was let off the hook because of his connections.
Police investigating the fatal shootings of a mother and her young daughter in Madison and the slayings of another woman and young girl found dead in a nearby suburb were searching Friday for the girls' father, whom they identified as a "person of interest" in all four deaths.
