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Hero in Hanukkah attack declining $20K reward over Zionism

February 22, 2020

WEST NYACK, N.Y. (AP) — An Orthodox Jewish man credited as a hero for attacking a knife-wielding man who stabbed five people during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City is refusing to take a $20,000 reward from established Jewish groups because...

Man guilty of killing 2 who tried to stop his slurs on train

February 21, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing two people who prosecutors say tried to stop his racist tirade against two young black women on a Portland, Oregon, commuter train was convicted of murder Friday after an emotional trial that featured...

Police: 3 dead, 1 injured in central Texas stabbings

February 21, 2020

SAN SABA, Texas (AP) — A man fatally stabbed three people, including a 13-year-old girl, in a small central Texas city early Friday before leading officers on a car chase and eventually being arrested, police said.Sheriff's deputies in San Saba, a community...

Police: Stabbing at London mosque not terror-related

February 20, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A man was stabbed during afternoon prayers at one of London's biggest mosques Thursday, and police officers detained another man on suspicion of attempted murder.The city's Metropolitan Police force said detectives investigating the stabbing...

14-year-olds plead not guilty in NYC college student’s death

By KAREN MATTHEWS | February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Two 14-year-old boys pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder in the death of a Barnard College student who was fatally stabbed during a robbery in a park.Manhattan prosecutors said that Rashaun Weaver stabbed 18-year-old Tessa Majors...

Turn music down, library guard asked. Then she was stabbed.

February 19, 2020

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man stabbed a library security guard to death after she told him to turn his music down, authorities said Wednesday.Blanchard Glaudin, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder in Tuesday's stabbing of Sandra Wilson...

Boyfriend of British TV presenter heartbroken by her death

By PAN PYLAS | February 16, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The boyfriend of Caroline Flack, the former British TV host for the controversial reality show “Love Island,” said Sunday that his “heart is broken" at her death as criticism mounted over her treatment by some British media.British...

14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death

By JULIE WALKER and MICHAEL HILL | February 15, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a park during a robbery in December, a crime that rattled New York City residents, authorities said Saturday.Rashaun Weaver has been indicted by a...

Black Mormon missionary attacked in possible hate crime

By BRADY McCOMBS | February 14, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a possible hate crime.Two men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault, and charging documents show...

Jehovah’s Witnesses report convictions, torture in Russia

By DARIA LITVINOVA | February 14, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Two Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted of extremism in Russia and four more arrested, one of whom reported being tortured in custody, the religious group said Friday.A court in Kamchatka on Friday sentenced Mikhail Popov and his wife...

Grandparents, uncle charged in beating death of 12-year-old

February 13, 2020

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The grandparents of a 12-year-old boy who was beaten to death in West Yellowstone were charged Thursday with deliberate homicide along with the victim's 14-year-old uncle.James Sasser Jr., 47, and Patricia Batts, 48, appeared in...

Boy, 9, charged with attempted murder of 5-year-old sister

By Associated Press | February 12, 2020

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has been charged with trying to kill his 5-year-old sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife inside their Florida apartment last month, officials said.The boy was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder...