LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been placed on administrative leave after a video posted to social media shows him roughing up two teenage girls recording an arrest on their cellphones.

The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office told news outlets the State Bureau of ...

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago park district has fired its police chief more than a month after being accused of taking video of sexual encounters with women and posting them on social media without their consent.

The Chicago Heights Park District’s action against ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A survey says Americans today are more likely to get news from social media web sites than newspapers.

The Pew Research Center said Monday that 20 percent of Americans cited social media as a frequent news source, compared to 16 percent that credited newspapers. It’s the ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on a music teacher’s letter on student hairstyles (all times local):

2:45 p.m.

A middle-school music teacher has apologized after hitting a sour note with a letter warning students against having “Mohawks, Large Afros, or any other outlandish” hairstyles ...

REHOBETH, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 14-year-old following what they describe as a threatening social media post that hurt attendance at an Alabama middle school.

WDHN-TV

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Video posted to social media that appears to show police officers in Kentucky slamming and punching a man has prompted an investigation.

Louisville Metro police spokesman Dwight Mitchell tells news outlets that the department is “in the process of collecting all body ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor in Florida has been fired after his campaign’s Facebook page “liked” a social media comment that made derogatory statements about Hispanics.

Assistant State Attorney Joshua Schueneman on Friday lost his job in the State Attorney’s Office that covers ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio’s capital city say a 16-year-old youth has been fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an undercover officer during a sting aimed at robberies of people after social media sales.

Columbus police say a Special Weapons and Tactics officer had set a ...

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri high school student faces a felony charge after authorities say he posted on social media that he was going to buy an assault rifle and “make history.”

William James Nelson, an 18-year-old from Branson, was charged Thursday with making a terroristic threat, ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Prosecutors in Slovenia have filed charges against a right-wing politician who was shown leading a paramilitary group in a video circulating on social media.

The video from September of several dozen men in military-style outfits triggered widespread condemnation ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Police say a man suspected of stealing a computer from a New Mexico church was arrested after he demanded a surveillance photo of him be removed from social media.

KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas,

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman has lost $160,000 in a Twitter scam involving someone posing as a country music star.

The victim’s sister told Rock Hill police on Tuesday that she thought she had been sending cashier’s checks and gift cards to Dierks Bentley for around two ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Jackson man and a teenager have been arrested on charges that they made separate threats on social media against three central Mississippi high schools.

Local news media report 19-year-old Daniel Hall was arrested early Wednesday after students reported getting ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A first-term Republican Mississippi lawmaker who’s known for excoriating “liberals” on social media says he will announce next week whether he’s running for governor in 2019.

Rep. Robert Foster of ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The Latest on the Florida woman who was found slain in Costa Rica (all times local):

3:05 p.m.

A friend of a Florida woman who was slain while on vacation in Costa Rica says his friend was a “happy soul” who made everyone laugh and had a large social media ...

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — Police in western Pennsylvania say two teens have been charged after a gun was brought onto a school bus and video was posted on social media.

McKeesport police say the boys, one 15 and the other 16, were taken into custody Tuesday and charged with possession of a ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court has agreed to consider whether state police should have to disclose more details about how they use information from social media to investigate crimes and make their own hiring decisions.

The Supreme Court on Monday announced it will ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Kentucky’s governor to turn over screenshots of social media accounts he has blocked.

Two Kentucky residents with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued Bevin, arguing he violated their First Amendment rights by blocking ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A purported leader of a Gangster Disciples faction faces a charge of committing murder in the aid racketeering as Chicago federal prosecutors continue to target social media-conscious street gangs.

A recently unsealed indictment alleges Pierre Robinson fatally shot rival ...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian actress facing trial on public obscenity charges for wearing a revealing dress says she didn’t mean to offend anyone and appealed to her detractors to believe in her good intentions.

In a Facebook post late Saturday, Rania Youssef said she may have misjudged how ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman says a Southwest Airlines agent in Southern California mocked her 5-year-old daughter’s ‘Abcde’ name when they were preparing to board a flight home to Texas.

KABC-TV

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has launched two social media accounts to better communicate with the region’s Spanish-speaking population.

The agency announced on Tuesday that it will be posting updates entirely in Spanish on “PBSO en Español” accounts ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Quarterback Will McBride says on social media he’s transferring from Tennessee after a season in which he didn’t appear in a single game.

In a tweet Wednesday announcing his departure, McBride ...

OAKLEY, Calif. (AP) — A 19-year-old man has been charged with making threats over social media against female students from a San Francisco Bay Area high school.

The East Bay Times

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump opened up a bit Wednesday about life in the Trump White House, where 12-year-old Barron is more interested in sports than social media, she has no inclination to make casseroles and she thinks the red topiary trees work just fine as part of her holiday ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire have accused an 18-year-old man of making a bomb threat through social media at a Manchester high school.

Police said they arrested Benjamin Dumont at his Manchester home on a criminal threatening charge at about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday. He was ...

BOSTON (AP) — A member of the MS-13 gang has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in two killings in Boston in which the teenage victims were lured to their deaths via social media.

Federal prosecutors say 23-year-old Edwin Gonzalez was sentenced Tuesday following his conviction ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A well-known British radio presenter who had been living in Lebanon for years was found dead in his apartment in a mountain town near Beirut on Tuesday after being apparently murdered, Lebanese officials said.

Gavin Ford’s death led to an outpouring of shock and sadness on ...

BOSTON (AP) — A neighborhood historical society in Boston is apologizing for an awkwardly worded holiday greeting card that some people interpreted as insensitive.

The Dorchester Historical Society in a postcard promotion for its ...

HOUSTON (AP) — An ATM in the Houston area has been shut down and was temporarily guarded by law officers after mistakenly dispensing $100 bills instead of $10s and word of the glitch got out on social media.

Some Harris County sheriff’s deputies protected the outdoor ATM after Sunday ...

METHUEN, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say what started as a social media dispute between cousins ended with a 63-year-old woman dead and her 23-year-old niece facing charges.

The Essex district attorney’s office says police responded to a Methuen home at about 10 p.m. Sunday for reports of a ...