RANCHI - Seven trains were cancelled and routes of five diverted in Jharkhand Wednesday as Maoists began their two-day strike in seven states to protest the killing of their top leader in Andhra Pradesh.
Manson follower denied parole
CHINO, Calif. — A parole board has denied freedom for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten for the 19th time.
Conn. reporter pleads not guilty on larceny charge
LA County officials create rave safety task force
Gov’t sues to throw out Arizona immigration law
Mo. boy, 12, charged in shooting deaths of parents
Police: Booby trap suspect tried to derail case
Judge sends Lohan to jail for probation violation
No bail for Maine triple slaying suspect in NH
Psst, wanna buy a major league team? Got $500M?
Mexican governor’s guard accused of drug ties
Judge finds Lohan in violation of probation
Bogota, July 7 (IANS/EFE) Twelve leftist guerrillas were killed Tuesday in an air strike in northern Colombia.
Gov’t files suit to throw out AZ immigration law
Prosecutors to appeal Russian spy case bail ruling
British activist fighting expulsion from Peru
French parliament debates ban on burqa-style veils
Missing Oregon boy’s parents renew plea to stepmom
Official: CA police attacks aimed at drug probe
Lohan back in legal spotlight at probation hearing
Protest at Maine wind power site yields 3 arrests
Terror defendant scoffed at JFK security
NEW YORK — A former cargo handler on a reconnaissance mission in an alleged plot to blow up New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport marveled at the lack of security for jet fuel storage tanks there, according to tapes played Tuesday at his terror trial.
Vatican to issue long-awaited sex abuse document
Son of officer shot, paralyzed on duty joins NYPD
LA judge denies dismissal motion in Smith case
Prosecutors appeal Russian spy case bail ruling
No charges filed in shooting after Vick party
Ex-Detroit schools official faces obscenity charge
Nigeria: Middle class in fear as kidnappings rise
DA: Pa. woman may keep corpses if she builds crypt
Southern California chase spans 150 miles, 3 hours
Former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez arrested
Shooter eludes search after bullets hit near cops
Alleged Army whistleblower felt angry and alone
Ky. man pleads guilty to threatening Obama in poem
Ill ex-prison employees blame US gov. program
Ill. mob shoots fireworks at police, firefighters
NEW DELHI - The body of Hemchandra Pandey, a freelance journalist killed along with Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an alleged gunfight with police, was late Tuesday brought to New Delhi.
Lohan judge says she won’t consider alcohol report
Judge disallows taped confession in slayings case
Soccer City site is historic anti-apartheid venue
LONDON - The British government is to investigate claims that its security services have been complicit in the torture of British nationals held by other countries in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the US.