Crime

Derek Lee

Jesus routs robber

Crime |  A group of Florida women bested a gun-toting robber last week after ordering him, in the name of Jesus, to leave the house where they had gathered for a…

Names of victims hang on a U.S. flag on a makeshift memorial in Newtown.

Explaining evil

Shooting |  Trying to explain an evil act like the one that killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is on a par with…

The sun rises in Newtown, Conn., on Saturday morning.

Dark day

Shooting |  How do we absorb this news? A masked gunman in Newtown, Conn., massacred an entire section of an elementary school. The 27 he killed included 20 small…

Micah Moore

Prosecutors say former IHOPU intern was murdered to cover up sexual assaults

Crime |  Bethany Ann Deaton’s death appeared to be a suicide. Sheriff’s deputies in Jackson County, Mo., discovered her body in a van at Longview Lake in Kansas…

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales

U.S. soldier faces possible death penalty for civilian massacre

Crime |  At a Tuesday preliminary hearing Army prosecutors asked an investigative officer to suggest the death penalty for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales for “heinous and…

Graham Spanier, left, and Jerry Sandusky

Ex-Penn State president charged in Sandusky case

Crime |  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)—Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations against Jerry…

An investigator looks over a car that was crashed into the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church

Texas pastor fatally beaten was 'man of integrity'

Crime |  FOREST HILL, Texas (AP)—The Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. greeted everyone walking into his Texas church on Sundays with a big hug and an "I love you." His weekdays…

Floyd Palmer

Police: Georgia gunman charged in '01 mosque shooting

Crime |  UPDATE: BALTIMORE (AP)—A former megachurch maintenance man accused of killing a volunteer leading a prayer service was charged more than a decade ago with a…

Lawsuit claims evangelical church hid abuse claims

Crime |  WASHINGTON (AP)—Three female plaintiffs claim an evangelical church group covered up allegations of sexual abuse against children, failed to report…

This courtroom sketch shows Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, center, and his attorney Heidi Cesare, left, in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.

Obama was considered potential target in terror plot

Terror |  NEW YORK (AP)—A law enforcement official says the high-ranking U.S. government official who was allegedly considered for assassination during a terrorism…

Harborside Health Center

Oakland sues to keep marijuana dispensary

Courts |  The city of Oakland moved last week to prevent federal law enforcement from closing its biggest marijuana dispensary, the largest pushback since an aggressive…

Manssor Arbabsiar

Man pleads guilty in plot to kill Saudi ambassador

Terror |  NEW YORK (AP)—A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he…

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