Pope denounces terrorist ideas that spur violence
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI denounced “terrorist ideologies” that spur violence in God’s name as he opened a meeting Monday of bishops from around...
Man charged with stabbing mother
TAMPA — A Tampa woman is expected to recover after her adult son reportedly stabbed her 18 times. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that...
Workers hailed for halting school shooting suspect
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Children returning Monday to an elementary school where a gunman wounded two girls on a playground cheered and hugged construction workers who...
Indonesia’s changing face of terrorism
HAMPARAN PERAK, Indonesia — Muslim militants wearing black masks stormed the tiny police precinct in western Indonesia and unloaded their assault rifles — riddling officers’...
Backyard fighting is public theater in South Fla.
PERRINE — A crowd of hundreds filtered into a neighbor’s backyard expecting to see something brutal: bloodied noses and punched-out teeth, blackened eyes and broken...