Judge frees Alaska men convicted in 1997 beating death

Alaska Native leaders long advocated for release of so-called Fairbanks Four, saying convictions were racially motivated

• Dec 18, 2015

​Man pleads not guilty to setting fire at Calif. mosque

23-year-old Carl Dial of Palm Desert faces more than 11 years in prison if convicted of arson, burglary and committing a hate crime

• Dec 17, 2015

Backlash over lesson on Islam prompts school closings

Western Virginia school system locked down ahead of Friday shutdown; officials say teacher who taught Arabic calligraphy in geography class prompted flood of "hateful" messages

• Dec 17, 2015

​Phila. police talk tough about Star Wars spoilers

As "The Force Awakens" is set to debut, photo on the department's Facebook page shows two "storm troopers" seeming to get arrested

• Dec 17, 2015

Chaplain at Ark. prison charged with sexual assault

Arkansas Department of Correction officials say two inmates claimed they had been in sexual relationships with the chaplain

• Dec 17, 2015

Couple who kidnapped Amish girls get life in prison

Pair admit abducting the girls from an upstate New York farm stand, among a total of six children they sexually exploited

• Dec 17, 2015

U.S. Marshalls, FBI join search for "affluenza" teen

Texas authorities issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Ethan Couch, a teen convicted in 2013 of killing four people in a drunk driving crash

• Dec 17, 2015

DOJ charges San Bernardino shooters' friend Enrique Marquez

24-year-old bought the assault rifles used in the Bernardino shooting by Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik

• Dec 17, 2015

Woman who attacked Muslims is charged with hate crime

Calif. woman who berated and attacked Muslims peacefully praying in a park will start the new year in court

• Dec 17, 2015

Cops: N.Y. teen slashed by masked man on way to school

Police say the man was wearing a surgical mask and gloves when he attacked the teen from behind and slashed her repeatedly

• Dec 17, 2015

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