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Jamar Clark death: No charges for police over fatal shooting
Minneapolis police officers will not be charged over the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old unarmed man. The prosecutor said evidence showed he was not handcuffed when he was shot, contrary to reports at the time. Police responded in November to an alleged assault by Clark and said he interfered with paramedics. His...
Pakistan: Dozens of young lives lost in Lahore blast
It was a treat for passing their exams. Twelve-year-old Sahil and his cousin Aman John, 13, had been studying hard for weeks. Their parents had promised them an Easter weekend trip to a popular park, with amusement rides, a lake and a zoo, in the Pakistani city of Lahore. But the family outing ended in tragedy, according to CNN...
15 years, 4 trials: NY husband tried for wife’s murder again
For the fourth time since Michele Harris disappeared in 2001, her estranged husband Calvin Harris will go on trial for murder in upstate New York. Prosecutors have persisted through overturned convictions and a mistrial in a high-profile case with no body, no weapon and — after 15 years — no resolution. Jury...
Suicide bomber kills 65, mostly women and children in Pakistan park
A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s political base of Punjab. The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet...
Man arrested in murder of California family
A 27-year-old man remained behind bars Saturday after he was arrested in the slayings of a Santa Barbara doctor, his wife and their 5-year-old daughter. Pierre Haobsh, a business acquaintance of Dr. Henry Han, was arrested Friday morning, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said in a statement. Police found a loaded handgun...
N.Y. siblings killed in Brussels were headed home
Two New York City siblings were among the victims in Tuesday's terror attack in Brussels, their family said. Sascha and Alexander Pinczowski had been among the missing from the airport. Belgian authorities and the Dutch Embassy confirmed that the siblings died in Tuesday's attacks at the airport and subway...
Suspect in killing of Colorado woman extradited to Austria
Austrian authorities say a man suspected in the killing of an American woman in her Vienna apartment earlier this year has been extradited by Switzerland. Vienna state court spokesman Christina Salzborn says the transfer took place early Monday. The man is now being detained ahead of a formal decision on keeping him in...
Pianist’s wife may have suffocated daughters in Texas home: police report
DALLAS (Reuters) – The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko is suspected of having smothered her children with pillows before attempting suicide inside their suburban Fort Worth home, according to a police report. Sofya Tsygankova,31, charged on Monday with two counts of capital murder in the...
Five killed in another suicide bombing in Istanbul
A SUICIDE attack on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street has killed five people, including two dual nationality Israeli-Americans and one Iranian citizen. Several dozen others were wounded in the attack which is the sixth suicide bombing in Turkey in the past year. The bombing hit part of Istiklal Street, a long...
American servicemember killed after rocket hits base in northern Iraq
A U.S. servicemember was killed at a northern Iraqi base after it came under rocket attack, a U.S. military official told USA TODAY on Saturday. Two rockets hit the base, but one didn't cause any casualties or damage, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak...
Cub released with Cinder, bear who survived wildfire, killed by hunter
PORTLAND, Ore. — Cinder the black bear is successfully making it through her first winter since recovering from injuries suffered in a wildfire. But the bear who was released alongside Cinder has been killed by a hunter, according to Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife bear biologist Rich Beausoleil. Cinder, then...
Undercover Md. officer viewed as threat, ‘deliberately’ shot
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A suburban Washington, D.C., police officer who died in an unprovoked shootout Sunday was deliberately shot by another officer who did not know him and perceived him to be a threat, police said Wednesday. Prince George's County Police Officer Jacai Colson was in plain clothes during the shootout...