12-year-old Florida boy arrested in killing of homeless man
A 12-year-old boy has confessed to shooting a homeless man in the head and leaving him to die on a Jacksonville, Fla., street, law enforcement officials announced Thursday. The boy...
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Peace Corps removing volunteers amid Ebola outbreak
The Peace Corps is removing more than 300 of its volunteers from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea as an Ebola outbreak that has left hundreds dead worsens in West Africa....
At least 9 people hit by lightning on L.A. beaches
One man was killed and at least eight others were hurt when lightning from a rare band of summer thunderstorms struck Venice Beach in Los Angeles Sunday afternoon. The unidentified...
Wreckage found of plane carrying father, son trying to fly around world
Rescue crews off the coast of American Samoa have found some of the wreckage of a single-engine plane carrying a father-son pair who were trying to fly around the world...
Death of N.Y. man sparks closer look at police use of chokeholds
The death of a New York City man who was allegedly placed in a chokehold by a police officer last week has reignited discussions about an arrest tactic that has...
NYPD officer in chokehold death identified, placed on modified duty
The New York City Police Department has identified one of the officers involved in the death of a Staten Island man who was allegedly placed in a chokehold during an...
Staten Island man dies after put in apparent chokehold by NYPD
The New York Police Department is investigating the death of a Staten Island man during a scuffle with police officers in which he appeared to be held in a chokehold....
Indiana man accused of killing elderly woman, stuffing body in freezer
A 47-year-old Indiana man has been charged with stabbing an elderly woman to death and then stuffing her body into a freezer at her Indiana home, officials said. Daniel Shoffner...
Seattle school names scholarship after student who stopped gunman
Seattle Pacific University has named a scholarship after the student who heroically tackled a gunman who opened fire on campus earlier this month. University President Dan Martin said Saturday that...