BELLINGHAM, Wash. - The woman suspected foul play was afoot; she just had no idea what it was.
Police barricaded streets near a branch of St. Joseph Hospital after that woman called to report a man with an assault rifle walking into a medical office building. The assault rifle turned out to be a prosthetic leg, Bellingham Police Deputy Chief David Doll said.
Police searched the building floor by floor. When no suspect was found, police evacuated the building and the woman …
A 27-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 400 years in prison for a September crime spree that included carjacking, burglarizing and shooting a psychologist during a robbery.
Anthony Hislar must serve at least 85 percent of a 93-year prison sentence before beginning a separate term of 429 years to life, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Hislar was convicted of 33 felony counts last month in Superior Court, including robbery, burglary, carjacking and evading police. His crime spree was carried out in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles and parts of the San Gabriel Valley before he was arrested leaving Disneyland on …
Using a sophisticated technique of modern crime fighting - DNAtesting - police have linked a Palatine mother to the death of aninfant girl they say was her daughter.
Elizabeth M. Ehlert, 31, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000bond Thursday after being charged with the August death of a babyfound floating in a shallow storm-water retention pond at Twin LakesGolf Course in Palatine.
DNA testing, a process that compares chromosome patterns, plusstatements by "a number of corroborating witnesses" and by Ehlert ledpolice to charge Ehlert, Palatine Deputy Police Chief Walter Gasiorsaid.Ehlert also has been identified as a suspect in the 1988 slayingof her …
NEW YORK (AP) — The euro is falling against the dollar as investors worried that Greece may default on its debt.
Investors are concerned that European officials won't give the country its next $11 billion payment in time to avoid defaulting on its debt. The payment is part of last year's $151 billion bailout package.
On Friday, European finance ministers meeting in Poland decided to delay …
U.S. Marines are trading gunfire and artillery shells with Taliban militants in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the world's largest poppy growing region.
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit moved into the town of Garmser in late April. It's the farthest south U.S. forces have been in Afghanistan in years.
Marine commanders say the Taliban brought in arms and fighters in response, to protect the lucrative poppy fields that cover Garmser. The Taliban derives tens of millions of dollars from the poppy trade each year by taxing farmers and charging safe passage fees.
The Marines originally planned to be in Garmser for only a couple of days, …
The National Organization for Women called Thursday on Chicago'sCardinal Francis George to resign over his comments at a Vaticansummit that a priest having sex with a teenage girl might not be asgreat an evil as sexually abusing a young child.
"I think that just indicates a shocking misunderstanding of thelaws of the State of …
Altona, Man.
Running is more than a passion for Albert Martens. It is a way to share faith and to raise funds for worthy projects.
At 53, this native of Altona, Manitoba, has run more than 27,000 kilometres and completed 29 marathons. He has run to raise funds for the school in Germany where he is business administrator, for projects in eastern Europe and most recently for a medical clinic in Nicaragua.
Ever since moving to Germany in 1977, Martens has raised his own support for his job at Black Forest Academy, a missionary training school. He is a member of the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Steinbach, Manitoba, and his support comes from donations to the Janz …
