NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. As North Charleston surged in population last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city fought rising crime through a simple policing solution: be aggressive. But the city’s police department lost the respect of many black residents in neighborhoods they blitzed, and now many are upset after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist […]

LAS VEGAS Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap. It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a single car garage in Orlando, Florida, where they used meat grinders, potato peelers and cookers to recycle used soap into fresh bars. The non-profit […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge must decide the appropriate punishment for a Wyoming man who pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with taking two locomotives from a coal mine and crashing them into another train last fall. Twenty- two- year- o l d Derek Skyler Brux pleaded guilty in January to […]

FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) — A large tornado that hit the tiny northern Illinois town of Fairdale has left one person dead, seven injured and more than a dozen homes destroyed. DeKalb County coroner Dennis Miller says a 67-yearold woman was found dead inside her home after the tornado hit around 7:15 p.m. Thursday. Seven others […]

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado proposal to allow people on probation or parole to use medical marijuana has won unanimous approval in its first test in the state Legislature. The state has allowed medical marijuana use for 15 years — but not for people on probation or parole. The House Judiciary Committee voted 15-0 Thursday […]

MONON, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a robbery suspect who carjacked a truck and took the driver hostage is dead in a shootout with police. The Journal & Courier in Lafayette, Indiana, reports that State Police Sgt. Kim Riley says it began in Watseka, Illinois. After the robbery and carjacking, the suspect fled into Indiana. […]

ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s parliament decided today not to join the Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen, with lawmakers adopting a resolution that calls on the warring parties in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country to resolve the conflict through peaceful dialogue. After days of debating, Pakistani lawmakers unanimously voted in favor of a resolution, which states […]

NEW YORK One hundred years ago, African-Americans began a mass exodus from the rural South, heading north in search of economic opportunity and social equality. The Museum of Modern Art is paying tribute to that movement in a rare exhibition of a series chronicling the phenomenon from artist Jacob Lawrence, himself the son of migrants. […]

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Fire has engulfed the main mosque in a town in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. Police spokeswoman Fatina Ubaidatova says no one was hurt when the fire swept through the mosque in Kizlyar, located near the border with Chechnya. Fire investigators were still trying to determine the cause of today’s […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese police say they have killed a prominent Islamic militant who was wanted on terrorism related charges in a shootout in the country’s north. A statement issued by police today says Osama Mansour was shot dead along with an accomplice in the city of Tripoli during a security operation in the area […]