Cops: Son stabs elderly father to death in D.C.

Bradford Nelson Elliott, 56, has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his father, 88-year-old Leroi Elliott, in his Georgetown home on Sunday morning

• Jan 20, 2014

Report: Chicago student fatally shot over phone

Kevin Baker, 19, was fatally shot in the head by a man who demanded his cell phone as he was walking home Thursday from Harold Washington College

• Jan 20, 2014

Execution drug shortage puts focus on firing squads

Lawmakers in at least two states propose execution by firing squad as opposition to capital punishment contributes to scarcity of lethal injection drugs

• Jan 20, 2014

Calif. teen allegedly wielding hammer shot by cops

A Calif. teen was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot by a deputy after police say he threatened his family and authorities; now his family is outraged and says there was no reason for gunfire

• Jan 20, 2014

Cops: Mother, toddlers stabbed to death in N.Y.

Police are seeking the father of two toddlers found stabbed to death with their mother in a Queens, N.Y. apartment Sunday night

• Jan 20, 2014

After-school program in Calif. target of thief

Authorities are trying to track down a burglar who stole pricey teaching tools from a free after-school program in Modesto, Calif.

• Jan 20, 2014

Woman, 28, posts YouTube video saying teacher molested her

Calif. woman posts video containing emotionally charged phone conversation with former teacher she says molested her for years

• Jan 20, 2014

To curb violence...keep bars open later?

Colorado lawmakers considering letter Denver's bars stay open as late (or early) as 7 a.m.

• Jan 20, 2014

Man, 88, shoots wife at Nev. hospital, police say

Elderly man on suicide watch after he was arrested for allegedly opening fire at hospital and critically wounding his wife

• Jan 20, 2014

Md. officials: Oyster smuggler had massive haul

Authorities say truck was filled with tens of thousands of undersized oysters, possibly one of the largest poaching cases in decades

• Jan 20, 2014

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