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News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
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Syrian diplomat in California defects from Assad regime
Syria's honorary consul general in California said Wednesday he has defected from the regime of President Bashar Assad in protest of the killings last week in the town of Houla. Hazem Chehabi, reached at his home in Orange County, said he had resigned...Tags: United Nations, Bashar Assad
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Kansas commune leader may face murder, rape charges
Kansas prosecutors launched their case this week against Daniel Perez, a commune leader accused of living lavishly off millions of dollars in life insurance from his dead followers. Prosecutors must show a judge at a preliminary hearing scheduled to...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Prosecution, New Products
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Tapes could shed new light on Manson murders, LAPD says
Los Angeles police are hoping old recordings of conversations between Charles Manson's right-hand man, Charles “Tex” Watson, and Watson's former attorney could shed light on the infamous Manson family murders. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brenda T....
Tags: Charles Manson, Los Angeles Police Department, Punishment, Sharon Tate, Judges
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Gestures of censure on Syria show world's outrage, paralysis
World NowThe White House has expressed its "absolute disgust" over the latest massacre in Syria. Nine Western nations have expelled Syrian diplomats from their territories to underscore their revulsion. Senior United Nations officials have warned both sides in the... -
10 dead, 43 wounded in Chicago's bloody holiday weekend
Three days. Ten bodies. Forty-three others injured in shootings. This was Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, a city bloodied by a 50% increase in homicides in 2012. Police and city officials have scurried to explain what they’re doing to fix the...
Tags: Politics, Memorial Day, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rutgers University, Frontline Limited
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Unclear if Houla massacre a Syria turning point, experts say
World NowAfter more than 100 women, children and other civilians were slain in the Syrian town of Houla, the United States, Britain and other countries moved to expel Syrian diplomats, as the State Department decried the Houla killings as an “absolutely... -
Kofi Annan says Syria is at 'tipping point' after Houla massacre
World NowOn the heels of a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan warned that the crisis was "at a tipping point" after the gruesome massacre of more than 100 people last week in the town of Houla, now said to be... -
LAPD can review Manson family tapes, judge rules
L.A. NOWA Texas judge on Tuesday granted a request by Los Angeles Police Department detectives to review interviews between a Manson family convicted murderer and his attorney. The LAPD had made the request for recordings between Manson family member Tex Watson..... -
Syrian diplomats around the world expelled
Governments around the world expelled ambassadors and top Syrian diplomats Tuesday in an unusually coordinated blow to Syria's leaders, after a particularly gruesome massacre in which the United Nations says families, including children, were shot at...
Tags: Italy, France, United Kingdom, Australia, United Nations
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U.N. envoy Kofi Annan in Syria to try to save peace plan
BEIRUT — Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived Monday in Damascus, Syria's capital, to try to rescue an already-faltering peace plan set back further by the massacre of more than 100 civilians, but there was no sign of diplomatic...
Tags: William Hague, Kofi Annan, Injuries and Wounds, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Kofi Annan arrives in Syria as massacre adds urgency to peace plan
World NowFormer United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Syria amid a flurry of diplomatic activity following the massacre of more than 100 people -- most of them women and children -- in the town of Houla.... -
6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: Phil Spector, Death Penalty, University of Texas at Austin, Local Elections, Lawyers
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