Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities fo...
Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
HARTFORD, Conn. — The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can...
Mississippi inmate death toll rises amid emergency extension
JACKSON, Miss. — Another Mississippi inmate died Monday, the same day the governor extended an emergency order allowing the state to quickly spend mon...
In the heart of Mexico’s violence, disillusion grows
URUAPAN, MEXICO — Alejandra Uvilla fled her home city of Apatzingan because of overwhelming violence, moving 65 miles (105 km) north to bustling, moun...
Architect of US peace plan blames Palestinians for violence
UNITED NATIONS — The chief architect of the U.S. blueprint to resolve the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday blamed Pa...
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...
Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully
RICHMOND, Va. — Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plan...
A look at expected participants in Virginia gun rally
RICHMOND, V.a — State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia t...
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...
In Mexican capital, red shoes to protest killings of women
MEXICO CITY — Stiletto heels. Clogs. Trainers. Tiny, child-size Crocs.
Jennifer Dulos case highlights common scourge, advocates say
HARTFORD, Conn. — Long before she disappeared, Jennifer Dulos told the court handling her divorce case that her husband was verbally abusive and that ...
Mississippi moms question state as they bury slain inmates
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Manslaughter isn't supposed to be a death sentence. Nor is burglary. Nor is armed robbery, selling cocaine or stealing a vehicle.
1 of 2 escapees from troubled Mississippi prison in custody
One of two prisoners believed to have escaped from one of several Mississippi prisons recently rocked by violence is back in custody, authorities said...
Mississippi says two inmates escaped from troubled prison
Mississippi authorities were searching for two prisoners believed to have escaped Saturday from one of several prisons rocked by violence that has lef...
Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt
CAIRO — Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighborhood when a group of...
Nonstop violence as Baltimore nears record homicide rate
BALTIMORE — Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record as killings of adults and minors alike for drugs, retribu...
Chief: City employee targeted co-worker in deadly shooting
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of “workplace violence" by one city employee wh...
Spending deal ends two-decade freeze on gun safety research
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan deal on a government spending bill would for the first time in two decades provide money for federal research on gun safety....
Mexicans fleeing violence form new encampment on border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An exodus of migrants fleeing drug cartel violence and corruption in Mexico has mired hundreds of immigrants in ramshackle ten...
‘We’re going to be everywhere:’ Inside Bloomberg’s 2020 plan
AURORA, Colo. — For any other candidate, a crowd of just 38 voters at a high-profile policy announcement might be cause for panic. But Michael Bloombe...
Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits
AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Color...
Indicted jail officers faced earlier excessive force claims
BALTIMORE — When a prisoner shattered glass panes in a control center at a Baltimore jail, the staff summoned a paramilitary-style tactical team to he...
State of Sandy Hook shooting takes steps to divest from guns
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s treasurer, who oversees $37 billion in public pension funds, announced plans Tuesday to reallocate $30 million worth o...
Fears about worker shootings prompt new business tactics
OKLAHOMA CITY — Security is not subtle at the sprawling campus of human resources technology giant Paycom in Oklahoma City.
Buddhist nationalists claim victory in Sri Lankan election
KANDY, Sri Lanka — In this mountain city that was for centuries home to Sri Lanka’s kings and in recent years has been riven by religious violence, Bu...
Attorney general unveils plan on missing Native Americans
PABLO, Mont. — Attorney General William Barr announced a nationwide plan Friday to address the crisis of missing and slain Native American women as co...
Milan hospital displays X-rays of women attacked by men
MILAN — A Milan hospital is exhibiting X-rays of women attacked by men to highlight what one doctor calls the “daily horror” of violence against women...
US prison system long plagued by staffing crisis, violence
WASHINGTON — For years, the federal Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by systematic failures, from massive staffing shortages to chronic violence. Bu...
Bolivian interim leader meets UN envoy amid violence fears
SACABA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s interim president met with a U.N. envoy to discuss the country’s crisis Saturday, a day after security forces fired on sup...
Florida judge draws town’s wrath over school violence case
MACCLENNY, Fla. — Anxieties multiplied quickly across Baker County, a mostly rural community of 28,000 in northern Florida, when news spread that a 15...