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Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama convened his war council again Monday to fine-tune a strategy to respond to the intransigent violence.
Detectives are investigating damage at a Ravenswood church in which someone broke a stained glass window, fed a garden hose through it, turned it on and flooded part of the building, police said this morning.
Dashawn Vasconcellos had pointed a loaded pistol toward officers pursuing him and refused to drop it.
A Chinese gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage in the Northern Mariana Islands before killing himself appeared to be suffering financial and emotional problems, police said.
By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent A Virginia man was arraigned today on charges of attempted kidnapping and child endangerment after he traveled to Littleton to allegedly pick up a 12-year-old girl he met on the Internet. O'Brien Daniel O'Brien, 32,...
The brutal killing of a Chicago teenager in September brought U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to the city to speak out about youth violence. Now that the Cabinet members are back in Washington, what is happening in the effort to stop youth violence? Some Chicago teenagers are taking on the issue themselves.
The crackdown on child pornography and other sex offenses has created manpower shortages and technology challenges for probation officers, police and federal agents. Child pornography - Sex Offenses - Crime - Police - Legal Information
Australian police Monday investigated a riot by 150 asylum-seekers at a remote island detention centre after inmates reportedly attacked each other with pool cues, broomsticks and tree branches, wounding 37.
A teenager killed in a confrontation with New York City police over the weekend was shot 11 times, the medical examiner's office said Sunday. New York City Police Department - New York City - Adolescence - New York - Covenant House
Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104.
Two police officers were injured this morning when their squad cars rammed into each other at the intersection of Haggerty and Six Mile during a high-speed chase.
Irving police have confirmed Orlando Rodriguez as the man whom police fatally shot on Saturday when they mistook his air rifle for an assault weapon.
Authorities say a San Francisco area transit police officer who removed an unruly passenger from a train suffered cuts and a concussion when heavy-duty glass fell as the officer attempted to place the man under arrest.
STREETSBORO, Ohio — A desperate bank robbery suspect may have gobbled down a paper that could have been used against him, police in Ohio said. John Ford, of Cleveland, can be seen in a video splayed across the front of a police cruiser scarfing down ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — A train passenger's video of an arrest shows heavy-duty glass shattering and showering down on a San Francisco area transit police officer and an unruly passenger in an incident that injured both men. The video, taken Saturday eveni...
F and G train service in Brownstone Brooklyn was disrupted for two hours this morning after a man jumped in front of an incoming train at the Seventh Avenue station at around 7:35 am.Police called it a suicide, but an investigation is ongoing. The ma...
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