
Nov 27 - By Associated Press
Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver.
Nov 27 - By Associated Press
German prosecutors say they have filed criminal charges against the father of a teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree in March.

Nov 27 - By Associated Press
The governor of the volatile southern Afghan province of Kandahar survived an assassination attempt when a bomb targeting his convoy exploded as he headed for Friday prayers to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Nov 24 - By Associated Press
Police say a jaguar prowling the lush jungles of Guyana killed a gold and diamond miner as he fetched water from a creek.

Nov 22 - By Associated Press
A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs. The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old elbowed the kangaroo in the throat.
Nov 21 - By Associated Press
A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.
Nov 19 - By Associated Press
A man accused of using a squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump was due in court on charges. The man, Hector Chavez, 21, was to be arraigned Friday in Faulkner County Circuit Court on a second-degree battery charge.

Nov 18 - By Mansur Mirovalev, Associated Press Writer
A simmering confrontation between far-right youths and ant-racist activists has erupted into Moscow's streets after the fatal shooting of an anti-racist activist known as the Bonebreaker.
Nov 17 - By Associated Press
A northern New York man is recovering after being attacked by a 10-point buck while he was loading firewood. Authorities said Gerald Dabiew, 56, was cut and bruised from head-to-toe by the buck outside his house in Moira, 200 miles north of Albany.
Nov 15 - By Associated Press
NATO says two rockets were fired at the military part of Kabul's international airport, but did not cause any injuries.
Nov 13 - By Associated Press
A young boy who was attacked by his 3-year-old playmate with a car jack can claim compensation from a British government body that helps crime victims, lawyers said Friday.
Nov 11 - By Associated Press
Police in Los Angeles are seeking a man they say tortured, raped and poured battery acid on his girlfriend during a Halloween attack.
Nov 9 - By Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press Writers
A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television Wednesday, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn't angry.
Nov 4 - By John Christoffersen, Associated Press Writers
The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.
Nov 3 - By Associated Press
San Jose police say they have arrested three teens in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy and the stabbing of his 13-year-old friend while they were trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Nov 3 - By Associated Press
A Boston parking valet armed with an umbrella is being credited for helping a woman fight off a knife-wielding purse snatcher. Police said Tuesday that 61-year-old Barbara Pero of Auburn was attacked Monday night outside a Boston condominium just after her car was brought up by a valet parking service. A man forced his way into the car and threatened to kill her.
Nov 1 - By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer
David Tarloff lives in a deeply troubled inner world.

Oct 31 - By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writer
Authorities have arrested eight people, including one in Saudi Arabia, in connection with this week's deadly attack on a guest house used by United Nations employees, the Afghan intelligence chief said Saturday. He said those arrested claimed the assailants came from Pakistan's Swat Valley.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
The BBC says that a British guide working on a children's television show in Tanzania was killed after being charged by an elephant.

Oct 28 - By Associated Press
The White House says Wednesday's deadly attack on a guest house used by the U.N. in the Afghan capital is an attempt by extremists to disrupt the Nov. 7 runoff presidential election.

Oct 28 - By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Writer
Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.

Oct 27 - By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Writer
Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said.

Oct 27 - By Associated Press
The off-duty security guard who fatally shot a psychiatric patient as the patient stabbed a doctor says he "just did what anybody would have done."
Oct 22 - By Associated Press
A woman surprised by a man in the front room of her home near Council Bluffs grabbed a plastic toy bat and hit him repeatedly until he ran out the front door. The Pottawattamie County sheriff's office said the 26-year-old woman was taking a bath Wednesday night with her 3-year-old child when she noticed a cat who normally stays outside had entered the bathroom. Thinking this odd, she dressed and walked into the front room, where she saw a man standing over her 4-year-old son, who was sleeping in a recliner.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
A 15-year-old boy accused of stockpiling gasoline, propane and a machete for a planned school attack on the anniversary of the Columbine school massacre burst into tears and admitted to police he was upset about being bullied, according to the detective who interviewed him.