The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves. ...more

July 1, 2008

In a gruesome public spectacle Friday, Taliban-linked militants executed two Afghan men accused of spying for the United States, slitting their throats and parading their severed heads before a cheering crowd. ...more

June 28, 2008

The final, chilling posting read, "It's time." In the hours before a 25-year-old man went on a killing rampage in central Tokyo on Sunday, he posted a series of messages on an online bulletin board from his cell phone, the authorities said Monday. ...more

June 10, 2008

A military jury acquitted a Marine intelligence officer Wednesday of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqis. ...more

June 5, 2008

Soldiers Aborted ...more

May 22, 2008

Sheriff's detectives are investigating the third killing in the Tommy Town area north of Dade City in two days. ...more

May 18, 2008

City officials have agreed to pay $2.2 million to a man wrongfully convicted of six murders and a rape. ...more

May 11, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The wife of the man who opened fire at a city council meeting in Kirkwood, Mo., is a St. Petersburg middle school principal, local school officials confirmed. ...more

February 8, 2008

KEY WEST - Wildlife officials are investigating the killings of several endangered Key deer, the tiny deer that live exclusively in the Florida Keys. ...more

January 23, 2008

The flakes melted quickly. But the smiles, wonder and excited story-swapping went on throughout the day: It snowed in Baghdad. ...more

January 12, 2008