Murder
Tom Fox, 54, a Christian aid worker who was abducted in November, has been killed, according to the State Department and the group he worked with. Fox was investigating allegations of abuse by American and Iraqi forces and was also working for an end to the occupation. He was abducted
Murder
Steven Avery, 43, was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and raping 25-year-old freelance photographer Teresa Halbach on October 31. The charges were filed in Manitowoc County Circuit Court, where Avery is also accused of killing Halbach. Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey, 16, was previously charged in the case after investigators
Murder
The federal trial of William "King Homicide" Sosa has revealed a shocking story of murder, mayhem, and maiming perpetrated by the supposed leader of the Latin Kings street gang in North Philadelphia. Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Gross painted a vivid picture of Sosa's volatile and
Murder
A landmark indictment by Judge Alejandro Solis in Santiago, Chile, has been handed down against several former secret police officers, including the notorious Gen. Manuel Contreras, for their roles in the atrocities committed during the regime of Augusto Pinochet. The indictment involves eight kidnappings and six murders, including the case
Murder
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with abduction and murder in the death of Joseph Ray Wood, an auto mechanic who was kidnapped in Charlotte and found dead in Randolph County. Authorities believe that Wood was killed in an apparent struggle with the teenager's boyfriend, Nathaniel Curtis Stewart
Murder
A leading gay Jamaican Aids activist, Steve Harvey, was abducted and murdered by gunmen on the eve of World Aids Day, in what appears to have been a homophobic attack. Harvey's work focused on combating the high rates of HIV in Jamaica, where the number of those infected
United Nations
A young mother, 31-year-old Tracey Anne Mertons, was brutally murdered in a churchyard in Britain after being abducted from her home in Birmingham. A revised election law in Japan aims to clean up politics by introducing a new electoral system. Meanwhile, international diplomacy is unfolding as the US and Cuba
Murder
The small mill town of Union, South Carolina, was shaken to its core as Susan V. Smith, 23, a woman who had been at the center of a nationwide manhunt for her abducted sons, was arrested and charged with their murder. The investigation that began on October 25, when Smith
Soldiers
A dramatic week of crisis with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has come to an end as Israel announced it would resume talks with the group and lift a closure of the Gaza Strip. The move follows the devastating kidnapping and murder of Israeli Corporal Nachshon Waxman by Islamic militants.
Soldiers
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announced today that the country would resume negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and reopen the Gaza Strip, which had been blockaded for nearly a week due to the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier. The decision comes despite the national trauma caused by the
Kidnapping
Palestinian security authorities, under pressure from Israel, have ordered a crackdown on Hamas militants who kidnapped an Israeli soldier, Corporal Nachshon Waxman, on Sunday. The Palestinian Authority, led by PLO chief Yasser Arafat, is conducting investigations and searching for the captive soldier, while also taking "more extreme measures"
Kidnapping
Tensions between Israel and the new Palestinian self-rule authority reached a boiling point today as a harrowing videotape of an abducted Israeli soldier, Cpl. Nahshon Waxman, was released, sparking a severe crisis that threatens to derail peace talks. The soldier, who holds both American and Israeli citizenship, pleaded for his
