Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province
March 27, 2023 GMTMUQDADIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted on the moon-lit road.
Man stabbed to death on a carousel at a German funfair
March 19, 2023 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Officials shut down a large funfair in western Germany on Sunday after a man was stabbed to death on a carousel.
Police said the 31-year-old victim and another man got into a fight while riding a carousel at the fair in Münster, a city of around 300,000, on Saturday evening.
Police: Extremists kill 25 fishermen in northeast Nigeria
March 9, 2023 GMTMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists killed at least 25 fishermen during an attack in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, the police told The Associated Press on Thursday,
The rebels attacked the fishermen in the remote Mukdolo village of Borno where the years-long extremist violence is concentrated, said the local police chief Abdu Umar.
Suspect surrenders in random slaying of Los Angeles teen
March 8, 2023 GMTALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of randomly stabbing a teenage boy to death on a Los Angeles street surrendered to police after a standoff Wednesday in a nearby suburb.
The man walked out of a home in the city of Alhambra after negotiations and was taken into custody without incident, Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr.
Bus driver accused of assaulting students with disabilities
March 7, 2023 GMTHUDSON, N.H. (AP) — A former bus driver who drove children with disabilities has been accused of slapping, kicking and grabbing several of them, police said Tuesday.
The driver, 68, of Hudson, New Hampshire, was arrested on nine misdemeanor charges of simple assault involving three students ages 5 and 6, Police Chief Tad Dionne said at a news conference.
Suicide bombing in SW Pakistan kills 10 police officers
March 7, 2023 GMTQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber on a motorcycle Monday rammed a police truck in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing 10 police officers and wounding 12 in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent months, authorities said.
Father of Nashville Waffle House shooter gets 18 months
March 6, 2023 GMTPEKIN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting that killed four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee.
Philippine leader orders crackdown after governor’s killing
March 6, 2023 GMTMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday that he ordered police to crack down on illegal firearms and private armies and described as “terrifying” the weekend shootings that killed a provincial governor and eight others in a crowd.
Suspect killed, 3 arrested in killing of Philippine governor
March 5, 2023 GMTMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police have killed one suspect and arrested three others in the brazen shootings that killed a central Philippine provincial governor and eight others, including poor villagers seeking aid from the political leader, officials said Sunday.
Philippine governor, 5 others killed in brazen attack
March 4, 2023 GMTMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen in military uniforms fatally shot a governor and five civilians on Saturday while the provincial leader was meeting villagers at his home in the central Philippines, in the latest brazen assault on local politicians in the country, police said.
Man gets 18 months in prison for antisemitic assaults in NY
March 4, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime conspiracy charge in a series of antisemitic assaults in New York City.
Saadah Masoud, 29, of Staten Island was arrested in June after authorities said he punched and dragged a counterprotester, who was draped in an Israeli flag, at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in April.
Former NBA player Morrow facing assault, kidnapping charges
March 4, 2023 GMTCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former NBA player Anthony Morrow is facing charges of assault on a female, assault by strangulation, communicating threats and second degree kidnapping in Charlotte.
According to Mecklenburg County Sheriff's office arrest records, Morrow was arrested on Feb.
Capitol rioter guilty of stealing badge from beaten officer
March 4, 2023 GMTA New York man pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing a badge and radio from a police officer who was brutally beaten as rioters pulled him into the mob that attacked the U.S.
Proud Boy member found guilty on assault, riot charges
March 3, 2023 GMTPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A member of the far right-wing group the Proud Boys was convicted Thursday of inciting and then participating in a brawl in east Portland in 2021.
A judge found Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, 26, guilty on 10 counts in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
Prosecutors seek 2-year prison term for Dutch player Promes
March 3, 2023 GMTAMSTERDAM (AP) — Prosecutors urged a Dutch court on Friday to convict Netherlands international Quincy Promes of aggravated assault and sentence him to two years imprisonment for allegedly stabbing his nephew in the knee at a party.
NFL’s Kamara, Lammons plead not guilty in Vegas assault case
March 2, 2023 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and three other men pleaded not guilty Thursday in Nevada to charges they beat a man unconscious at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub before the NFL’s 2022 Pro Bowl.
MI5 lost chance to stop Grande concert attack, inquiry finds
March 2, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Britain's domestic intelligence agency didn't act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in northwest England, an inquiry found Thursday.
Ex-sheriff’s sergeant sentenced for strangling woman
March 2, 2023 GMTTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A former Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant has been sentenced for strangling a woman and threatening her with a machete.
Robert Carpenter, 52, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court to second-degree domestic-violence assault, The News Tribune reported.
Transgender woman attacked at Minneapolis rail station
March 2, 2023 GMTA transgender woman was brutally assaulted near a light rail station in Minneapolis, suffering serious injuries including a rib fracture, collapsed lung and brain bleed.
Metro Transit police officers responded Monday morning to a call that a woman with “visible brain matter” was lying on the ground near Lake St.
House OK’s bill aimed at shoring up juvenile justice system
March 1, 2023 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House passed a bill Tuesday aimed at shoring up the state's troubled juvenile justice system by bolstering treatment services and inserting considerably more funding.
‘Powder keg’ for 9/11: 1993 trade center bombing remembered
February 26, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Lolita Jackson was at her 72nd-floor desk in the World Trade Center, feeling like she worked at the top of the world. Then came the boom, and smoke started curling in from an elevator shaft.
DA drops felony charge against officer in train crash case
February 25, 2023 GMTDENVER (AP) — Prosecutors have dismissed the most serious charge against a Colorado police officer who locked a handcuffed woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train, leaving her with serious injuries.
2 arrested in Ga. gas station shooting that injured 9 kids
February 25, 2023 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Police have arrested two people — one just 15 years old — in connection with a shooting in a Georgia city last week near the Alabama state line that left nine children injured.
More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso, extremists say
February 25, 2023 GMTOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso.
Moroccan singer convicted of rape in Paris, gets 6-year term
February 24, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — A court in Paris convicted Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred of rape and assault charges Friday and sentenced him to six years in prison.
The 37-year-old Lamjarred, who is famous on the Arab pop music scene, had been trial on charges of aggravated rape and assault since Monday.
News photographer killed in northern Mexico stabbing attack
February 24, 2023 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — A news photographer is dead after he was stabbed and beaten in an attack in the northern Mexico border state of Baja California, state prosecutors said Thursday.
José Ramiro Araujo died of stab wounds in the Pacific coast city of Ensenada, about 104 kilometers (64 miles) south of Tijuana.
Charges dropped against detainee beaten inside Georgia jail
February 23, 2023 GMTSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges of assault, obstruction and other counts against a Georgia jail detainee after video from security cameras showed him being beaten by sheriff's deputies who rushed into his cell.
Off-duty police officer shot and wounded in Northern Ireland
February 22, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — An off-duty police officer was shot Wednesday in Northern Ireland, where paramilitary groups have previously attacked members of the security services.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the officer was injured in a shooting at a sports complex in Omagh, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Belfast.
Arizona rancher murder complaint amended with assault counts
February 21, 2023 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — The first-degree murder complaint against an Arizona rancher suspected of killing a Mexican man on his land was amended Tuesday to include two counts of aggravated assault against a pair of other people.
Man slain in Arizona workplace attack IDed as plant employee
February 21, 2023 GMTCHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — The person killed over the weekend at a microprocessor manufacturing facility in suburban Phoenix was a 49-year-old man who worked at the plant, authorities said Monday.
Chandler police identified the victim as Dan Foster, an employee of the Intel plant.
Man allegedly kills a co-worker at Intel facility in Arizona
February 19, 2023 GMTCHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested after allegedly killing a co-worker at a microprocessor manufacturing facility in Chandler with a baseball bat and other weapons and injuring another man, authorities said Sunday.
Police: Illinois man broke court officer’s nose at hearing
February 17, 2023 GMTWAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man faces felony charges for allegedly breaking a court officer's nose moments after a judge sentenced him to more than seven years in prison on a firearms conviction.
2 injured in shooting at Cullman funeral home
February 13, 2023 GMTCULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — Two people were injured during a Monday morning shooting at a Cullman funeral home, the sheriff said.
Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry said a person was arrested soon after someone called 911 to report the shooting in the parking lot of the Cullman Funeral Home.
4 charged over taped beating of teen who later took own life
February 12, 2023 GMTBAYVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Four students have been charged and a school district superintendent has resigned after a recorded attack against a 14-year-old New Jersey student in the hallway of her school spread on social media in the days before her family says she took her own life.
Teen pleads guilty, another sentenced for Buffalo violence
February 11, 2023 GMTBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A teenager pleaded guilty Friday to shooting a security guard outside a Buffalo high school last year, while another teen was sentenced to one to three years behind bars for stabbing a fellow student several times during the same series of events.
Death of man with AR-15 rifle at Vegas hotel ruled suicide
February 10, 2023 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — A man found dead of a gunshot in a casino restroom in January had an assault-style rifle and what police characterized as a suicide note with him, according to a police report obtained Friday.
Man arrested for assault on Minnesota congresswoman in DC
February 10, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police said Thursday night that they had arrested a suspect in an assault on Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota.
N. Carolina sergeant, former deputy charged in brutal arrest
February 9, 2023 GMTLINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police sergeant and a former deputy have been charged with assaulting a man during a violent 2022 arrest.
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Alden Sutton was charged with simple assault, The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday.
Former college student pleads guilty to deadly sword attack
February 8, 2023 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former University of Connecticut student pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Wednesday for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 — one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states that ended with his capture in Maryland.
Prosecution: Woman planned the killings of her 3 children
February 8, 2023 GMTPLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman used exercise bands to strangle her three children in the family home in a well-planned assault while her husband was out for about 20 minutes picking up medicine at a pharmacy and takeout, a prosecutor said at her arraignment Tuesday.
Massachusetts mom to be arraigned in deaths of 3 children
February 3, 2023 GMTPLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman is scheduled to be arraigned from a hospital next week in the deaths of her three children.
Lindsay Clancy is facing murder and assault charges after her daughter, Cora, 5, and her son Dawson, 3, were strangled Jan.
Satellite photos: Damage at Iran military site hit by drone
February 3, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Friday showed damage done to what Iran describes as a military workshop targeted by Israeli drones, the latest such assault amid a shadow war between the two countries.
Kyrgios pleads guilty to assault, has no conviction recorded
February 3, 2023 GMTCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios apologized for shoving a former girlfriend to the ground two years ago after he escaped conviction Friday on a charge of common assault.
Montana man charged with attempted murder of two teenagers
February 2, 2023 GMTBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man was charged with attempted murder and attempted rape Thursday following a violent assault on two teenagers in a rural area bordering the Crow Indian Reservation.
Chief: Fatal shooting at LA home was ‘targeted assault’
January 31, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A weekend shooting in which three women were killed at a short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood was a targeted attack, the city's police chief said Tuesday as investigators continued to search for suspects.
Pakistan bombing raises fears over security breach, 100 dead
January 31, 2023 GMTPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities scrambled on Tuesday to determine how a suicide bomber was able to carry out one of the country’s deadliest militant attacks in years, unleashing an explosion in a crowded mosque inside a highly secured police compound in the city of Peshawar.
Kidnap suspect released day he arrived at Nevada prison
January 31, 2023 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison officials on the same day he was transferred to the state’s custody to serve a kidnapping sentence, authorities said Monday.
Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to 74
January 31, 2023 GMTPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday jumped to 74 after rescuers retrieved 15 more bodies from the rubble, police and rescue official said.
Man arrested after attacks on LA-area drivers’ vehicles
January 31, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) —
A man suspected of being the Tesla driver seen in viral videos attacking Los Angeles-area motorists' vehicles with a pipe was arrested over the weekend, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.
Pelosi attack video shows struggle and savage hammer swing
January 28, 2023 GMTVideo released Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struggling with his assailant for control of a hammer moments before he was struck in the head during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home last year.
Man gets prison for attacking Capitol officer who later died
January 27, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man who joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for using pepper spray to assault police officers, one of whom died a day after the siege.
Cops hunt Oregon torture suspect jailed in Vegas kidnap case
January 27, 2023 GMTSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in southern Oregon were searching Thursday for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive, less than two years after he was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity for weeks before the victim managed to escape.
45-year sentence given for 2020 attack on gay Louisiana man
January 26, 2023 GMTLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the kidnapping and grisly knife attack on a teen in 2020 — part of what federal authorities said was a scheme to kidnap and murder gay men.
Spain: 1 dead in church machete attacks, terror link probed
January 26, 2023 GMTBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest at two Catholic churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, Spain’s interior ministry said.
California judge orders release of footage of Pelosi attack
January 26, 2023 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband will be released to the public after a judge on Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to keep it secret.
Man suspected in Florida serial rapes convicted in attack
January 25, 2023 GMTMIAMI (AP) — A man suspected of being the “pillowcase rapist” in connection with a string of South Florida rapes back in the 1980s was convicted Wednesday in one of the attacks.
Miami-Dade County jurors found Robert Koehler, 63, guilty of sexual battery, kidnapping and burglary.
Vermont State Police investigating finances of sheriff-elect
January 25, 2023 GMTThe finances of a Vermont sheriff's department and the sheriff-elect due to take office next week, who is already facing charges of abusing a shackled prisoner, are being investigated, the Vermont State Police said.
A bomb injures at least a 12 people near a market in Congo
January 25, 2023 GMTKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A bomb exploded at a market in eastern Congo on Wednesday, injuring at least a dozen people, authorities said.
An unknown person detonated a bomb inside a bag in North Kivu's Beni town, said Tharcisse Katembo, a local official.
Democratic House whip’s daughter arraigned on assault charge
January 23, 2023 GMTBOSTON (AP) — The daughter of U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark flailed her arms and struck a police officer trying to arrest her for defacing a bandstand in Boston with anti-police slogans over the weekend, a prosecutor said at her arraignment Monday.
Ex-Vermont police officer acquitted of assault in stun case
January 23, 2023 GMTST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A former officer with the St. Albans police department has been acquitted at trial of a charge of simple assault stemming from a 2019 incident in which he allegedly used a stun gun to incapacitate a vandalism suspect, the Vermont Attorney General’s office says.
Extremists storm govt office in Somalia’s capital; 5 dead
January 22, 2023 GMTMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked extremists stormed a regional government office in Somalia's capital Sunday, and five civilians were killed, the government said.
Bulgaria, North Macedonia condemn ethnic-related violence
January 22, 2023 GMTSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The foreign ministers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia paid a joint visit to a hospital Sunday where a North Macedonian citizen who identifies as Bulgarian is being treated after he was severely assaulted.
Pakistani Taliban kill 3 policemen in northwestern region
January 19, 2023 GMTPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants armed with assault rifles and hand grenades stormed a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, triggering an intense shootout that killed three police officers and wounded two, officials said.
New Mexico shootings follow two years of election assaults
January 18, 2023 GMTTwo years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a series of drive-by shootings targeting Democrats in New Mexico is a violent reminder that the false claims about a stolen election persist in posing a danger to public officials and the country’s democratic institutions.
Police in Georgia arrest suspect in Mall of America shooting
January 18, 2023 GMTBLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday, police said.
Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a news conference Tuesday that the 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Decatur, Georgia, by federal and state law enforcement officials.
Jury mostly backs police sued by soldier over a traffic stop
January 17, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A federal jury in Virginia on Tuesday found mostly in favor of two police officers who were sued by a U.S. Army lieutenant after he was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop.
Woman raped in unmonitored drug sting sues police handlers
January 13, 2023 GMTA police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real time and allowed the attack to “play out” despite concerns over how long she was inside a known stash house.
Delaware inmate who filed lawsuit dies in apparent suicide
January 12, 2023 GMTDOVER, Del. (AP) — A convicted sex offender being held at Delaware’s maximum-security prison on a probation violation charge has died by an apparent suicide, prison officials said Thursday.
Department of Correction officials said Brandon Lee Panchigar, 36, who has a reported history of suicide attempts, was found unconscious in his cell about 1 p.m.
IS claims responsibility for Kabul attack that killed 5
January 12, 2023 GMTKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bombing that killed at least five people near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital the previous day.
Official: Explosion near Foreign Ministry in Kabul kills 5
January 11, 2023 GMTKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed five people and wounded several others, a Taliban police spokesman said, the second prominent attack in Kabul so far in 2023.
Man in New Year’s Eve machete attack faces federal charges
January 11, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve is now facing federal terrorism charges after he became determined to wage jihad against the U.S.
Germany: Iranians held in suspected poison plot after US tip
January 8, 2023 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Two Iranian men have been detained in Germany following a tip from U.S. security officials that at least one of them could be planning an attack with deadly chemicals, officials said Sunday.
Woman gets probation for assaulting hospital staff
January 7, 2023 GMTEAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Chippewa Falls woman who assaulted three hospital workers to two years on probation.
Grammy winner accused of assault, kidnapping fatally shot
January 6, 2023 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Grammy-winning sound engineer accused of kidnapping and threatening his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint in Tennessee was fatally shot by police, authorities said.
A Metro Nashville Police officer killed Mark Capps, 54, during an encounter Thursday at the man's home in the Hermitage neighborhood, agency spokesman Don Aaron said.
DA: Times Square machete suspect wanted ‘jihad’ on police
January 4, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve was intent on committing a jihad against government officials and shouted “Allahu akbar” before striking one officer in the head and attempting to grab another officer’s gun, prosecutors said Wednesday.
‘Prophet of Doom’ pleads guilty in Brooklyn subway attack
January 3, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire on a packed Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a rush-hour attack that shocked New York City, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal terrorism charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Police: Suspect chewed off man’s ear, face in Oregon attack
January 3, 2023 GMTGRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — A suspect attacked a 78-year-old man on a light-rail train platform in a Portland suburb and chewed off the victim’s ear and part of his face before police could intervene, authorities said Tuesday.
Car bomb hits convoy in Nigeria’s southeast; 4 killed
January 3, 2023 GMTABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Four security officials were killed in a car bomb targeting a former government official in southeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday.
Three police officers and a paramilitary official were killed in the attack in Imo State on a convoy carrying the former governor Ikedi Ohakim, Police Commissioner Mohammed Barde said.
Man convicted in police killing could get more prison time
January 2, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A man who was sentenced to serve 36 years in prison for the murder of a Virginia State Police special agent could get additional time in prison after being convicted in two prison assaults.
NYC machete attack: Man arrested on attempted murder charges
January 2, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve was arrested on charges of attempting to murder police officers, authorities said Monday as they continued to investigate whether he was motivated by Islamic extremism.