Virginia men’s lacrosse rolls past Mount St. Mary’s 18-4 in return to action in NCAA tourny

Virginia lacrosse coasts in return to field

Chile charges Pakistani with possessing explosives in visit to US Embassy as probe continues

Chile judge frees Pakistani arrested at US Embassy

California agents use amnesty ruse, fake $200 reward offer to reel in fugitive parolees

Calif. agents use award ruse to reel in fugitives

In Chile, Pakistani charged with possessing explosives in visit to US Embassy

Chile charges Pakistani with bomb possession

Gunmen open fire at bar in northern Mexico killing 8, wounding 20

Gunmen kill 8 at bar in northern Mexico

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Authorities in northern Mexico say gunmen opened fire on a bar in the city of Torreon. Eight people are dead and 20 wounded.

Federal prosecutors say former Mexican presidential candidate missing amid signs of violence

Former Mexico presidential candidate missing

Ruling party candidate’s killing stokes fear that Mexico drug cartels will control elections

Candidates threatened in local Mexico elections

Michael Jackson doctor helps revive passenger in distress on US Airways flight to Phoenix

Michael Jackson doctor helps passenger in distress

Trinidad police arrest 5, seize weaponry in alleged plot to disrupt elections

Trinidad police arrest 5 in alleged election plot

Juan-Carlos Cruz: Food Network Chef Arrested

Crude bombs recovered in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - At least nine crude bombs were recovered Saturday from a forested area in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said.

Asian-Americans denounce recent attacks they say are racially motivated, call city to action

Attacks on Asian-Americans lead to racial tension

20 students arrested in Ohio, accused of ransacking their high school in prank

20 Ohio students arrested in high school prank

Ex TV chef arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot involving homeless people in Santa Monica

Police: TV chef cooked up murder-for-hire plot

Focus by police on ‘bad guys with guns’ coincides with big drop in Baltimore’s violent crime

Baltimore violent crime drops as cops narrow focus

Suspected US drone attack kills 13 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - A suspected US drone strike Saturday killed at least 13 people in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

13 killed in Pakistan drone attack

ISLAMABAD - At least 13 people were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region Saturday, a media report said.

Cash reward for information on Hyderabad attack gunmen (With Suspected terror operative identified in Hyderabad shooting)

HYDERABAD - Hyderabad police Saturday announced a Rs.5 lakh reward for information about the assailants who shot dead a police constable in the old city Friday.

45 Taliban, 2 soldiers, 5 guards killed in Afghanistan

Kabul/Kunduz,AFGHANISTAN - Two Afghan soldiers, five private security guards and up to 45 Taliban insurgents have been killed in series of blasts and firefights in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.

Demand for ivory soars in Asia, risking extinction of hunted African elephants

Asian ivory trade poses danger to African elephant

At memorial service, Obama pays tribute to law enforcement officers killed in line of duty

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Officials say suspected US missile strike kills 5 in northwest Pakistan

Officials: US missiles kill 5 in NW Pakistan

Woman charged with attempted murder after British lawmaker attacked

Woman charged after British lawmaker attacked

Prosecution rests in trial of 5 Americans charged with planning terrorist attacks in Pakistan

US men on trial in Pakistan deny terrorism charges

Deputies: Woman arrested over handgun in Florida airport carry-on, says she forgot weapon

Deputies find handgun in Fla. airport carry-on

Muhammad cartoonist’s home vandalized in Sweden, police suspect arson attempt

Home of Swedish Muhammad cartoonist attacked

Deputies: Woman had handgun in airport carry-on in Clearwater; says she forgot weapon in bag

Deputies: Woman had handgun in airport carry-on

Computer programmer among 3 detained Pakistanis in New York

NEW YORK - One of the three Pakistani men detained by US authorities investigating the failed Times Square car bombing is a computer programmer, one a gas station attendant and the third a cabdriver.

Delhi serial blasts: Charges filed against two

NEW DELHI - The Delhi Police Saturday filed a charge-sheet against two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists accused of involvement in the 2008 Delhi serial blasts.

4 Lebanese workers kidnapped in Nigeria in attack that killed 4 others, security officials say

4 Lebanese workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria

Taliban threat forces shutdown of Baloch schools

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Taliban has sent threatening letters to schools in Balochistan province, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, which has forced the institutions to shut down, a media report said Saturday.

Suspected terror operative identified in Hyderabad shooting

HYDERABAD - Viqar Ahmed, a suspected terror operative, has been identified as one of the attackers in Friday’s shootout here in which one policeman was killed, police said Saturday.

Police say militants ambush, kidnap about 60 people in troubled Pakistani tribal region

Militants kidnap about 60 in Pakistan tribal area

John Gardner Faces Lifetime Prison

Police: Sheriff’s deputy who killed in-laws found dead after hourslong standoff

Police: WA deputy who killed in-laws found dead

China court sentences to death school attacker who hurt 29 children at kindergarten

China court sentences to death school attacker

Injured cop dies in Srinagar hospital

SRINAGAR - A policeman who was injured in Friday’s grenade explosion by separatists in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital succumbed to his injuries in a hospital Saturday, an official said.

Police: Sheriff’s deputy in Wash. state fatally shoots in-laws; holes up in house

Police: Sheriff’s deputy in WA shoots in-laws

Japanese man arrested for allegedly trying to carry stun gun on plane from Honolulu to Tokyo

Man allegedly taking stun gun on plane arrested

Pierce County, Wash., sheriff’s spokesman: deputy shoots in-laws, holed up in house

Sheriff’s officer: deputy shoots in-laws

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman says a sheriff’s deputy has shot his in-laws and barricaded himself in a Gig Harbor home.