Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• US Supreme Court upholds stay of execution in Fla.

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Following a slew of conflicting court rulings, a federal appeals court Tuesday night blocked the scheduled execution of a mass killer convicted of eight slayings that …

• School aide fired after call about ‘65 killing

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teacher’s aide was fired Tuesday after school officials recently learned she was the member of an Indianapolis family who tortured and killed a … 1

• New stay blocks Fla. execution of mass killer

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday night blocked the scheduled execution of a mass killer convicted of eight slayings that jolted South Florida in the 1970s. … 2

• Officers seek links between 6 dead in Tenn., Ala.

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man sought for questioning in four homicides in Tennessee was found dead over the state line in Alabama, the apparent victim of a homicide himself, …

• Teenage brothers charged with killing NJ girl, 12

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World CLAYTON, N.J. (AP) — A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old girl into his house under the guise of getting parts for her treasured bicycle and then, with his older brother, …

• Fla. set to execute mass killer after stay denied

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World STARKE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency request late Tuesday to stay the scheduled execution of a convicted mass killer in Florida who sought a reprieve … 2

• Teenage brothers charged in NJ girl’s death

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World CLAYTON, N.J. (AP) — Two teenage brothers were charged Tuesday with murdering a 12-year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, prompting a frantic search by her small hometown …

• Officers seek links between 5 dead in Tenn., Ala.

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The slayings of three women and a toddler at two homes in southern Tennessee may be related to a body found just across the state line …

• Fla. set to execute mass killer after stay lifted

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted mass killer from the 1970s faced a scheduled execution Tuesday evening after an appeals court lifted a last-minute stay that was based on his …

• Official: Teen brothers charged in NJ girl’s death

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World CLAYTON, N.J. (AP) — Two teenage brothers were charged Tuesday with murdering a 12-year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, prompting a frantic search by her small hometown …

• School aide suspended after call about ‘65 killing

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teacher’s aide has been suspended after school officials learned she was the member of an Indianapolis family who tortured and killed a girl …

• Coroner: Ala. body may be linked to Tenn. slayings

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say the slayings of three women and a toddler in southern Tennessee and a death just across the border in Alabama may be linked. Madison …

• Ohio teen in Craigslist trial: I feared for life

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The teenage suspect in the slayings of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers testified at his murder trial Tuesday that he went along only …

• Sandusky moved from county jail to state prison

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky became a state prison inmate Tuesday with his transfer out of the Centre County jail, his home since he was convicted in June … 1

• Police: Pa. baby abducted after grandmother killed

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities searched Tuesday for a 10-month-old girl who was declared missing after her grandmother was found slain inside an apartment in a Philadelphia suburb. …

• Wisconsin shooting brings call for new law on guns

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten the enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases, prompted by a fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee …

• Wis. shooting brings call for new law on guns

  Oct. 23, 2012 in Nation/World MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prompted by the fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa, two local lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases. …

• Wife told court Wis. spa shooter terrorized her

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man terrorized his wife for years, threatening to throw acid on her face, dousing her car with tomato juice and slashing her vehicle’s tires before …

• Wis. man bought gun 1 day before spa shooting

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman whose husband killed her and two others at the spa where she worked said he threatened to throw acid in her face and jealously …

• Longtime Indian activist Russell Means dies at 72

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Russell Means spent a lifetime as a modern American Indian warrior. He railed against broken treaties, fought for the return of stolen land and even … 1

• Suspected gunman’s wife among 3 dead at Wis. spa

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman whose husband killed her and two others at the spa where she worked said he threatened to throw acid in her face and jealously …

• Police: Slain NYC woman’s fiance was still married

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The mystery surrounding the killing of a pregnant woman deepened Monday, as investigators looked into a strange note left at the scene and discovered that her …

• 11-year-old accused in Maine baby death arraigned

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — The youngest person to be charged with homicide in Maine in at least 30 years — and possibly ever — twiddled her fingers, bit her nails …

• Russell Means, Indian activist, actor, dies at 72

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Russell Means never shunned attention. Whether leading Native Americans in railing against broken federal treaties, appearing in a Hollywood blockbuster or advocating a sovereign American …

• Suspect in Wis. spa attack had history of abuse

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman whose husband is suspected in a fatal spa shooting said he threatened to throw acid in her face and jealously terrorized her “every …

• Suspect in Wis. salon attack had history of abuse

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A man suspected of opening fire at a Wisconsin salon where his wife worked, killing three women and wounding four others, had a history of domestic …

• Dead man found at California shooting wore armor

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A man found dead at the property where five members of a Southern California family were shot — two fatally — was believed to be the …

• NJ mom denies hitting boy she says bullied girl

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman who says her 9-year-old daughter was bullied took matters into her own hands and confronted one of the students she says …

• Wis. gunman in salon attack had history of abuse

  Oct. 21, 2012 in Nation/World BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of opening fire at the salon where his wife worked, killing three women and wounding four others, had a history of domestic …

• Police find fire, chaos at Wis. spa where 7 shot

  Oct. 21, 2012 in Nation/World BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who had been accused of domestic violence and slashing his wife’s tires took a gun into the spa where she worked Sunday and …

• ‹ Previous page
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• ...
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• ...
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31
• Next page ›