3 hours ago - By Associated Press
One man was killed and another wounded during an early Monday robbery at a downtown Anchorage hotel, police said.
4 hours ago - By Associated Press
Honolulu police say a man accused of trying to fatally shoot his terminally ill wife in her hospital bed has apparently committed suicide by hanging.
Dec 13 - By Cristian Salazar, Associated Press Writer
The hustle was already hard for aspiring rappers like Antoine and Kawan Tucker, who ask visitors in Times Square for cash donations for their self-produced CDs.
Dec 11 - By Associated Press
Police in the northwestern Louisiana city of Shreveport say a female student was shot on the grounds of a high school and a suspect was arrested.
Dec 10 - By Associated Press
The second trial of a man who stormed into a Jewish center in Seattle three years ago and shot six women, killing one, is in the hands of a jury.
Dec 10 - By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Writer
A man accused of killing a former co-worker and wounding five others last month made a gun gesture with his hand when he was fired in 2007 and left a letter on his manager's office door with a thumbprint in blood, according to police documents released Thursday.

Dec 10 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
A machine pistol used by a street hustler and aspiring rapper shot dead in a Times Square gunfight was purchased from a Virginia gun shop by a woman who reported it stolen 10 days after she bought it, authorities said.

Dec 8 - By Jeffrey McMurray, Associated Press Writer
As the only doctor in a 30-mile swath of Appalachia, Dennis Sandlin was committed to using a tracking system designed to curb prescription drug abuse, an epidemic in the area he had served for nearly two decades.

Dec 8 - By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press Writer
A white retired police officer was acquitted Tuesday of manslaughter and assault for shooting two unarmed black men, angering the victims' families and prompting a call for peace from the city's mayor.
Dec 7 - By Associated Press
Police in North Carolina are saying a Marine was accidentally shot to death when he got into an argument with a friend over the Texas-Nebraska football game.
Dec 6 - By Associated Press
One man was shot in the face and another was severely beaten when a fight erupted early Sunday during a birthday party at a downtown Baltimore hotel, police said.

Dec 4 - By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press Writer
An Ivy League professor who shares a name with a man accused of killing a Wesleyan University student has sued the school, saying it circulated his photo instead of the suspect's and dragged its feet to correct the error.
Dec 2 - By Associated Press
A mistrial has been declared for two Los Angeles men accused of spraying bullets into a crowd in a 2006 gang attack that killed a 10-year-old boy and two other people.

Dec 1 - By Angela K. Brown, Associated Press Writers
More than 40 Army reservists dedicated to counseling troubled soldiers in war zones deployed to Afghanistan on Friday, a month after a shooting spree at Fort Hood left nearly a fourth of their unit dead or seriously wounded.
Dec 1 - By Associated Press
The San Diego County district attorney has ruled that three police officers were justified in the fatal shooting of a Metropolitan Transit System mechanic who had just shot two of his co-workers.
Nov 28 - By Associated Press
A police spokesman in Wisconsin says one of the four people wounded Saturday in a domestic shooting in Madison pulled the trigger.
Nov 27 - By Associated Press
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says a man charged with killing a housekeeper at a Seventh Day-Adventist forest camp had planned to shoot everyone there.

Nov 26 - By Associated Press
A gunman opened fire in a Hungarian university classroom Thursday, killing one student and leaving three people seriously injured, the state-run news agency said.
Nov 24 - By Associated Press
A man accused of killing a man and wounding three others after he was escorted out of a bar in Colorado has been charged with first-degree murder.

Nov 23 - By Angela K. Brown, Associated Press Writers
Former top Pentagon officials investigating the attack at a Texas Army post have visited the site of the shootings and a military hospital.
Nov 23 - By Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press Writer
Seemingly contradicting his own public statements, an attorney for the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion provider has argued in court documents that his client has an "absolute right" to present a defense that argues the killing was justified to stop abortion.

Nov 23 - By Associated Press
Gunfire hit the home of two American lecturers in Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Monday, but no one was injured.
Nov 23 - By Associated Press
Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting — the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.
Nov 22 - By Associated Press
A teenager killed in a confrontation with New York City police over the weekend was shot 11 times, the medical examiner's office said Sunday.
Nov 21 - By Associated Press
A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said.