China says it has uncovered a bomb-making operation in the volatile western Xinjiang regionBEIJING — Chinese security forces uncovered a bomb-making operation in the volatile western region of Xinjiang, foiling plans to carry out attacks including suicide bombings, police said Wednesday. US military: 3 militants arrested on suspicion of firing rockets during VP Biden visitBAGHDAD — U.S.-Iraqi forces arrested three militants suspected of firing rockets at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where visiting Vice President Joe Biden was spending the night, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Police: Ex-lawmaker charged with murder told police he was ‘at end of his rope’FRANKFORT, Ky. — A one-time Kentucky political star whose reputation was tarnished by an ex-girlfriend’s domestic violence allegations told police of wanting revenge when he was arrested in a cemetery hours after she was shot to death. Prosecutors block release of Yale student’s autopsy; police interview 150 peopleNEW HAVEN, Conn. — State prosecutors blocked the release Tuesday of autopsy results on a Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building, reasoning that they could hinder their investigation, the Connecticut medical examiner said. US arrests American Airlines workers on suspicion of drug smuggling at Puerto Rico airportSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Nine employees of American Airlines have been charged with participating in a smuggling ring that shipped cocaine from Puerto Rico’s main airport aboard flights to the U.S. mainland, officials said Tuesday. Police: Fake officer with flashing red light arrested after stopping mayor of Shreveport, La.SHREVEPORT, La. — Police say a man impersonating an officer with a flashing red light in his car has been arrested after he pulled over the wrong driver — the mayor of Shreveport, La. Conn. police say no arrests imminent in killing of Yale University graduate studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Authorities insisted Tuesday that they were “talking to a lot of people” but had no suspect in custody in the killing of a Yale graduate student whose body was found in the basement wall of a university research building. Autopsy results expected on Yale grad student amid indications that police are nearing arrestNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The state medical examiner’s office said Tuesday that it would release the results of an autopsy of a Yale University graduate student amid indications that police were preparing to make an arrest in her killing. 31 police officers arrested in central Mexico for allegedly protecting drug cartel hit menMEXICO CITY — Thirty-one police officers have been arrested in a central Mexican state on suspicion of collaborating with a gang of drug cartel hit men. Police say terror suspect detained in Pakistan is Swede who was held by US at Guantanamo BayISLAMABAD — A terror suspect recently detained in Pakistan is the same Swedish national once held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, police said Monday. He and others in his group were allegedly trying to join al-Qaida in the country’s lawless tribal areas. Woman’s killing, vagrant’s arrest force Vermont village to ask _ could we have prevented this?WOODSTOCK, Vt. — Some coins here, a couple of lottery tickets there, a wallet stolen from a parked car, some food taken from a vacant house. 1 of Puerto Rico’s 10 most-wanted fugitives arrested for ‘07 killing of union leaderSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — One of Puerto Rico’s 10 most-wanted fugitives will be tried for allegedly killing the leader of a powerful sewer workers’ union following his capture in New Jersey. Mich. real estate agent flees town after cops say he was target of gunman charged in 2 deathsOWOSSO, Mich. — A real estate agent told he was the third target of a shooting spree that left an abortion protester and a business owner dead said Saturday he fled his home after the violence that claimed two lives in their small Michigan city. Police arrest 2 attendants who survived a boat that capsized off the coast of Sierra LeoneFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Police say they have arrested two attendants who survived after an overloaded wooden boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing at least 30. Guatemala arrests 9, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused presidentGUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested nine suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video. Guatemala arrests 7, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused presidentGUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested seven suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video. Oregon deputy makes two DUI arrests in a single traffic stopSALEM, Ore. — A Marion County deputy made two drunk driving arrests in one traffic stop. The sheriff’s office said Deputy Ryan Clarke stopped a car driven by 59-year-old woman early Friday. While giving her a field sobriety test, a second car pulled up and the woman’s boyfriend approached. Police: Man slain while protesting outside Mich. high school, another man killed at businessOWOSSO, Mich. — A man fatally shot an anti-abortion activist Friday outside a high school as horrified parents and students watched, then told police arresting him that he was involved in the killing of a gravel pit owner earlier that day, authorities said. Pakistan army detains Swat Taliban leaders in latest terror war successISLAMABAD — Pakistan arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat Valley and four other senior commanders, the military said Friday, in the latest of several victories against militants in the country’s northwestern region close to Afghanistan. Pakistan: Swede believed once held in Guantanamo arrested in Pakistan over terror linksMULTAN, Pakistan — A Swedish citizen with the same name as a Swede who was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 and held for two years at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp was detained in Pakistan last month on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, police said Friday. Pakistan police: Swede once held in Guatanamo has been arrested in Pakistan over terror linksMULTAN, Pakistan — A police officer says a Swedish national who was once detained at Guantanamo Bay was among 12 foreigners arrested in Pakistan last month on suspicion of links to al-Qaida. Rash of new needle attacks reported in 3 Chinese cities; 9 more suspects arrestedBEIJING — Mystery needle attacks appeared to spread in China’s far western region as authorities arrested nine new suspects in three cities, officials said Friday. Medical marijuana dispensary raided in Spokane, owners arrestedSPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane police on Thursday raided a medical marijuana store, shutting it down, arresting the owners and warning similar operations to close, too. Mexican soldiers detain man for multiple homicides in drug-plagued border cityCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Soldiers have arrested a man suspected of killing 18 people in a series of attacks this year in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. 12 panelists picked to review Cambridge, Mass., police arrest of black Harvard scholar GatesCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Twelve people from across the country have been chosen to serve on an independent panel to review the arrest of a black Harvard scholar at his home by a white police officer, Cambridge officials said Thursday. Authorities: Fla. man steals beer from store, then demands to drink it before arrestBAYOU GEORGE, Fla. — Authorities in the Florida Panhandle say they arrested a convenience store shoplifter who demanded to drink the 12-ounce beer he had stolen before being taken into custody. Fla. man arrested after trying to ’scare’ a lesson into cat by firing gun at flotation deviceBOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A Boynton Beach man was trying to teach his cat a lesson when he fired his gun, but the efforts landed him in jail. Police said a 43-year-old man was upset that his cat used his bed instead of a litter box. So he took the cat to the garage and fired a handgun into a flotation device to “scare it.” The cat was not injured, but the man was charged with shooting in an occupied dwelling and using a firearm while under the influence. Michigan police say man stole an SUV, then was arrested after trying to return itWEST OLIVE, Mich. — Police said a west Michigan man stole an SUV, then was arrested after he returned it later in the night. The 2006 Ford Explorer was taken from a home in West Olive, about 25 miles west of Grand Rapids, around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Official at Chicago factory where workers staged sit-in arrested, faces chargesCHICAGO — Authorities say a former official at a Chicago factory where workers staged a high-profile sit-in has been arrested and others who ran Republic Windows and Doors are also under investigation. Hijacker says God made him do it; passengers, crew safe after police storm Mexico City planeMEXICO CITY — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were released unharmed. |