Authorities in northeast Ohio on Tuesday charged a man who was clearing his rifle with reckless homicide in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Amish girl as she drove a horse-drawn buggy home from a Christmas party. Authorities in northeast Ohio on ...

By MICHAEL TARM and TOM COYNE AP VALPARAISO, Ind. - A Texas man who took hostages in a northwestern Indiana realty office and held police at bay for several hours suffered three gunshot wounds before dying, likely from two different weapons, ...

Lindsey said the death penalty issue had to be dealt with very sensitively. Umar Patek, one of the Bali bombers, is on trial in Indonesia now.

COLUMBUS -- A man was shot and killed by SWAT officers on Tuesday after a domestic dispute at a Columbus home turned into a hourlong hostage situation, police said. Officers responding to a domestic violence call on the city's west side around 3 pm ...

Dominic Oliver was shot by Officer Christopher Mace on February 28, just before 3:00 pm He had walked into the Urological Associates offices, located at 75 Printers Parkway, around 11:50 am and took two women hostage at gunpoint.

AP GREENVILLE, SC - Authorities say a Greenville County deputy has shot and killed a man who refused to put down a knife he was using to hold a woman hostage. Investigators said the incident Monday afternoon began as a chase after authorities got a ...

Somali pirates responded to the attack by threatening to kill hostages if they are attacked again. According to Somalia Report, a pirate in Haradhere underlined that the pirates had hostages they could use for revenge. "We promise if they attack again, ...

Beijing—China has been striving to rescue 29 Chinese fishermen kidnapped by an unidentified North Korean gunboat, as the hostages faced death threats in a rare public spat between the two communist neighbours. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong ...