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It was a beautiful Tuesday morning on September 11th, 2001. I was making rounds in the hospital greeting a couple of patients with a smile, as I knew they were ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Three Albuquerque police officers were shot and another was injured while responding to a robbery Thursday, leaving ...

Nigerian authorities are scrambling to avert a full-fledged sectarian war in Plateau state after mob violence left at ...

N'DJAMENA—Around 11,000 people fleeing clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon arrived in neighboring Chad at the ...

By Dan Kane From The News & Observer RALEIGH, N.C.—When lawmakers last year wanted the North Carolina state ...

HELSINKI—At least three people have been wounded in a shooting in the southern Swedish city of Kristianstad, police ...

Commentary It's not uncommon to hear claims that language is tantamount to violence, that words can cause physical ...

News Analysis JOHANNESBURG—He didn’t have to say anything, the looter wearing black jeans, sneakers slippery with soda, and ...

What we seem to continue to overlook, in my opinion, is that this wave of violence is strategic. ...

Authorities in South Africa said that rioting and looting continued on Tuesday, with the death toll rising to ...

Commentary Over July Fourth weekend, according to CNN, at least 233 people were killed and 618 others were ...

Commentary Perhaps you’ve heard about charges being dropped against most of last summer’s George Floyd protestors. Prosecutors from ...

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden will meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for ...

MONTREAL—For Fouad Filali, owner of Le Sénateur restaurant in Old Montreal, the families with children who used to ...

CHICAGO—Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday unveiled a “whole-of-government” safety plan where law enforcement, city services, and community organizations ...

BERLIN—At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in ...

Commentary National leaders need to stop saying crazy stuff. Less than two weeks ago, following the tragic police ...

Commentary Our streets are now so unsafe that it might be helpful to rewatch Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” ...

Commentary The season for potentially violent street protests is upon us, sparked by the latest police shooting of ...

Florida's Republican-controlled legislature approved an "anti-riot" Combating Public Disorder bill on Thursday that includes stiffer penalties against violent ...

BELFAST—Northern Ireland's power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to call for calm after frustration among pro-British ...

LONDON—Police and politicians in Northern Ireland appealed for calm on Monday after a third night of violence that ...

Chicago saw a violent weekend, with 30 shootings between Friday evening and Sunday night. Thirty-four people were shot ...

Santa Ana police are investigating another fatal shooting as city officials continue to grapple with a rise in ...

International pressure on Burma's military junta to halt its repression of pro-democracy protests following last month's coup increased ...

The House votes on whether or not to pass the DREAM Act for the second time, White House Press ...

The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that domestic violent extremists pose a "heightened threat" in 2021, according to ...