Los Angeles police declare unlawful assembly after Lakers victory, urge fans to disperse

LA police declare unlawful assembly

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of people are streaming out of Staples Center following the Los Angeles Lakers win over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA finals.

Pakistani-American indicted in Times Square car bomb attempt

NEW YORK - A federal grand jury has indicted Pakistani American Faisal Shahzad in the Times Square bombing attempt on 10 counts, including attempt to commit international terrorism and use a weapon of mass destruction.

Police report 2 arrests outside Staples Center; chief says ’so far so good’

Police report 2 arrests outside Staples Center

State samples air, water, soil near controversial toxic waste dump in Calif.’s Central Valley

State samples air, water near Calif. toxic dump

New York Times Square bomb suspect indicted on 10 charges

NEW YORK - Pakistani-born American Faisal Shahzad has been indicted on 10 charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, in New York’s Times Square bombing bid.

Veteran San Francisco 49er Ray McDonald apologizes after weekend arrest on suspicion of DUI

49er McDonald arrested on suspicion of DUI

Federal indictment accuses Massachusetts man and another of conspiring to support al-Qaida

2 charged in Mass. with conspiring to aid al-Qaida

US Supreme Court denies appeals by condemned Utah inmate set for firing squad execution

US Supreme Court denies condemned inmate’s appeals

Military official: 1 dead, 1 in custody after shooting at US Army Reserve center in Georgia

1 reservist dead, 1 in custody after Ga. shooting

Ex-Illinois official says he got job from Blagojevich after making $50,000 campaign donation

President Barack Obama

SC Dem Party nixes protest of US Senate primary, upholds nomination of unknown, unemployed vet

SC Dems uphold US Senate primary shocker

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Democratic Party officials have upheld a surprising U.S. Senate primary win by an unemployed military veteran, nixing a protest lodged by their favored candidate that could have required a new vote.

NYC judge rules Guantanamo detainee must face strip searches to protect security interests

Judge: Guantanamo detainee will be strip searched

Military investigates shooting at Army post south of Atlanta; suspect in custody

Military investigates shooting at Ga. Army post

Manhattan DA: Illegal knives found on shelves at NYC chain stores, probe reels in 1,300 blades

DA: Illegal knives being sold at NYC chain stores

Justice Department announces nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud, some 500 arrests

Feds announce arrests in mortgage fraud crackdown

Texas judge accused of using money collected from traffic fines to pay his credit card bills

Texas judge accused of stealing traffic fine money

Mich. voters to decide whether officials convicted of crimes should be barred from office

Mich. voters could ban criminal public officials

Smoked anteater in the suitcase? Tons of bushmeat smuggled into Paris, study finds

Tons of bushmeat smuggled into Paris, study finds

APNewsBreak: Ky. man convicted of killing 4 in Wis., Ohio, confesses to killing 1 more

Man convicted of killing 4 says he wants to die

Nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud includes 39 defendants, 140 properties in Oregon

39 Oregon defendants in US mortgage fraud probe

Embattled Texas judge Keller faces possible removal, but state panel seldom has jurists tossed

History favors Texas judge facing possible removal

Family of California girl found in suitcase seek order to block release of autopsy report

Family tries to block release of girl’s autopsy

Ore. convicted killer sentenced to die for 4th time after 3 other death sentences overturned

Ore. man given 4th death sentence in 1987 slayings

Clinton meets wife of American detained in Cuba, urges release ahead of migration talks

Clinton urges release of American held in Cuba

Utah Gov. Herbert denies request for temporary stay from man set for firing squad execution

Utah governor denies condemned man’s stay request

Rwanda court grants release to US lawyer Peter Erlinder on medical grounds

Rwanda court grants medical release to US lawyer

US seeks access to detained Osama hunter

ISLAMABAD - The US is seeking access to an American who was detained in Pakistan after he allegedly tried to enter Afghanistan on a mission to hunt and kill Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, media reports said.

Witnesses tell House panel legislation needed to stop racial profiling

Witnesses: Law against racial profiling needed

Times Square car bomb suspect indicted in NYC on 10 terrorism, weapons counts

Times Square car bomb suspect indicted in NYC

California man pleads not guilty to charges he kidnapped ‘Party of Five’ actor Jeremy London

Calif. man pleads not guilty to kidnapping actor

76ers trade center Dalembert to Sacramento for F Nocioni, C Hawes

76ers trade Dalembert to Kings for 2 players

2 Texas men accused of training children to perform sex shows at swinger’s club get new trials

2 accused of training kids for club get new trials

DA: Mass. man left notes admitting he killed 4 family members in Boston suburb

DA: Mass. man left notes saying he killed family

Correction: NY Shooting Spree story

Correction: NY Shooting Spree story

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — In a story June 16 about a shooting spree on New York’s Long Island, the Nassau County Police Department gave out the incorrect name for one of those killed. The Hempstead man who was fatally shot is named Marshall Williams Jr., not Michael Williams.

Mo. woman, already doing time in federal prison, gets state sentence in grain fraud case

‘Madoff of the Midwest’ also gets state sentence

DA: Man killed 4 family members in upscale Boston suburb after fight with wife

DA: 4 family members slain in Mass. after fight

Ex-officer takes stand in Californa train station shooting trial moved from Oakland to LA

Ex-officer testifies in Calif. train shooting case

Al-Qaida in Iraq seen as adopting Taliban tactics in recent commando-style attack in Baghdad

Al-Qaida in Iraq adopting Taliban tactics

BAGHDAD — An al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility Thursday for an unusual attack more typical of the Taliban in Afghanistan — a commando-style assault in which suicide bombers wearing military uniforms stormed the Central Bank during rush hour in Baghdad.

Denver appellate court denies Gardner request for Utah inmate facing execution by firing squad

Denver appellate court denies stay for

SALT LAKE CITY — An appellate court in Denver has denied a stay of execution for a Utah inmate set to die by firing squad early Friday.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for deadly attack on central bank in Baghdad

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly central bank attack

Cops: Maine mother who advertised as Craigslist escort missing on Long Island

Cops: Maine mom who had escort ads missing in NY

Family of Calif. girl whose body found in suitcase seeking to block release of autopsy report

Calif. girl’s family want to block autopsy report

Witness in Blagojevich case admits pressuring asset management firm with loss of business

President Barack Obama

California man arrested for allegedly kidnapping ‘Party of Five’ actor Jeremy London

Calif. man arrested for allegedly kidnapping actor

4 family members slain in upscale Boston suburb; newly re-employed husband arrested

4 family members slain in Mass.; husband arrested

Bankruptcy judge approves Visteon arrangements with bond holders, schedules disclosure hearing

Judge OK’s Visteon arrangements with bond holders

Lori Berenson apologizes to Peru for aiding rebels, asks government to commute sentence to US

Lori Berenson apologizes to Peru for Tupac actions

Police capture Mass. man charged in slayings of wife, her mother and 2 children

Mass. man caught; charged in slayings of family

Report: Ex-major leaguer David Segui appears before federal grand jury investigating Clemens

Report: Segui appears before Clemens grand jury

Kanishka report out, Canada to apologise, pay compensation (Roundup)

TORONTO - Though there was little in the Air India Kanishka report presented Thursday for the families of the 329 victims, the Canadian government said it will apologise to the families of victims of the 1985 bombing and pay further compensation to them.