Gunman ambushes NYC police twice in 12 hours, spawns outrage
NEW YORK — A gunman was arrested after he ambushed police officers in the Bronx twice in 12 hours, authorities said, wounding two in attacks that brou...
NYPD: Officer shot, wounded in ‘assassination attempt’
NEW YORK — Two New York City police officers narrowly escaped with their lives when a gunman fired into their patrol van Saturday night, wounding one ...
Thailand mourns victims of country’s deadliest mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — As mourning began for the victims of Thailand's worst mass shooting, the country counted its losses: a mother shot dead ...
Texas executes man who killed 5, including wife, children
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children and two other relatives during...
Iraqi officials: At least 8 shot dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD — At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in souther...
Parkland dad apologizes for State of the Union outburst
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The father of a student killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre apologized Wednesday for disrupting President Donald T...
California shooting shows security vulnerabilities on buses
LOS ANGELES — Would-be plotters bent on staging an attack aboard a passenger plane know they've first got to pass through a gauntlet of security measu...
Bloodied but determined, Lebanese protesters take stock
BEIRUT — At a Beirut hospital ward, five Lebanese protesters with bandaged eyes and faces huddled in a circle, their arms wrapped around each other, a...
Stoneman Douglas players take part in Super Bowl rehearsal
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The dress rehearsal for the Super Bowl is incredibly elaborate, and the NFL needed some football players to help ensure everythi...
Report: No sign of fight before officer shot handcuffed man
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Investigators didn't find any evidence of a fight between a Maryland police officer and the handcuffed man he is accused of fatall...
Brother says teen charged in Utah slaying of 4 still loved
GRANTSVILLE, Utah — A Utah teenager who authorities say killed his mother and three younger siblings is still loved and part of the family, his older ...
Man arrested in San Antonio bar shooting argues self-defense
SAN ANTONIO — A 19-year-old man arrested in a San Antonio shooting that left two people dead and wounded five others said he was acting in self-defens...
Police: 2 dead in Texas club shooting, suspect arrested
SAN ANTONIO — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in a shooting that left two men dead and at least five people injured at a concert in San Antonio...
Police: Guard ‘saved lives’ in Kansas City bar shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An armed security guard saved several lives when he shot and killed a heavily armed man who opened fire on a line of people waiting...
Utah police: Boy accused in killing 4 not cooperating
A boy accused of killing four members of a Utah family surrendered peacefully following the Friday night slayings, but has since refused to speak with...
Homes burn after shooter kills 2 Honolulu officers
HONOLULU — A man shot and killed two police officers Sunday as they responded to a home in a leafy neighborhood beneath the rim of a famed volcanic cr...
Boy arrested after shooting that killed 4 in small Utah town
A boy armed with a gun killed three children and a woman inside a Utah home, then accompanied a fifth victim to a hospital, where he was arrested, pol...
Pentagon adding to restrictions on foreign military students
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is imposing new restrictions and controls on all international military students at American bases, including barring them f...
AP Explains: The Justice Department’s new quarrel with Apple
WASHINGTON — The deadly shooting of three U.S. sailors at a Navy installation in December could reignite a long-simmering fight between the federal go...
FBI arrests 3 alleged white supremacists ahead of gun rally
GREENBELT, Md. — A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who authorities say are linked to a violent white supremacist group were a...
Experts advise synagogues on use of armed security personnel
NEW YORK — Jewish congregations opting to deploy armed security personnel in the wake of deadly attacks on synagogues should — if possible -- use unif...
Texas inmate faces execution for killing wife in 2005
HOUSTON — A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women is set to be executed Wednesday evening for fatally shooting his wife, who had feare...
US sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting
WASHINGTON — The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainee...
Authorities: Kosher store shooters planned attack for months
NEWARK, N.J. — The two people who stormed a kosher grocery in Jersey City and killed three people planned an assault for some time and were involved i...
Are young crusaders and heroes fair game for critics?
NEW YORK — The point where childhood ends and adulthood begins isn't as straightforward as it seems. Add the limelight and things can get complicated ...
FBI asks Apple for phone data from Saudi shooting suspect
WASHINGTON — The FBI asked Apple this week to help extract data from iPhones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who investigators say fatally...
Gunman gets life term in `Fast and Furious’ border killing
TUCSON, Ariz. — A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as ...
‘Looks like a movie!’ Traveling back in time to Tombstone
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”
Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping
NEW YORK — When a machete-wielding attacker walked into a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, during Hanukkah and a gunman fired on worshippers at a Tex...
Minister: Texas gunman grew angry in past over cash requests
DALLAS — The congregation at a Texas church where two people were fatally shot had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but h...