KABUL, Afghanistan ? An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in Afghanistan …
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Dec
16
Man who died in Washington fire faced rape charge (AP)
VANCOUVER, Wash. ? A man suspected of killing his wife and her sister and shooting at firefighters before he died in their burning home on Dec. 7 had been scheduled to surrender the next day to face a child rape charge, authorities said. Authorities didn’t know before the incident that suspect Steven D. Stanbary of …
Nov
26
Battle for Black Friday deals includes pepper spray, shootings (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? The holiday shopping season got off to an ugly start with shoppers pepper-spraying one another to battle for bargains and robbers shooting shoppers to steal their Black Friday purchases, police said on Friday. In Los Angeles, authorities were reviewing Walmart security tapes to track down a Hispanic woman in her 30s …
Oct
23
Portraits emerge of victims in scheme emerge (AP)
PHILADELPHIA ? A mentally challenged man chained to a basement boiler. A disabled woman with her teeth knocked out. A malnourished niece with burn marks and pellet gun wounds. A two-year-old child the weight of an infant. These are the some of the victims emerging as police investigate a ring that allegedly took in the …
Aug
18
Texas forklift chase: Driver allegedly chugs beer
A bizarre, low-speed chase tied up side streets and part of Interstate 30 on Sunday evening, all because of a stolen forklift. C’mon ? what’s not to like? Hoof it over to Facebook to join the weird news …