Moldovan officials say priest leads dozens smashing menorah with hammers in capital
Officials say priest attacks menorah in Moldova Israeli police: Assailants vandalize mosque, holy books in West Bank
Assailants vandalize West Bank mosque YASUF, West Bank — Assailants vandalized a Palestinian mosque early Friday, burning prayer carpets and holy books, and leaving behind Hebrew graffiti indicating the rampage was the work of settlers angry over Israel’s plans to curb settlement construction. Swiss police say Geneva mosque vandalized with pink paint ahead of anti-minaret vote
Swiss police: Geneva mosque vandalized GENEVA — Swiss police say a Geneva mosque has been vandalized, three days ahead of a national vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets as an Islamic intrusion. LA deputies arrest 74-year-old tagging suspect, call him county’s oldest ever graffiti suspect
LA police arrest 74-year-old tagging suspect Investigators still working on balloon boy case, charges may not come until next weekFORT COLLINS, Colo. — Investigators pored over e-mails, phone records and financial documents from the home of Richard Heene on Monday as they weighed felony charges and sought to determine who else might have helped the alleged balloon-boy hoax get off the ground. Israeli police arrest 2 in connection with the vandalism of a UN World Heritage siteJERUSALEM — Israeli police say they have arrested two men for vandalizing an ancient desert ruin recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage site. Mass march at Pittsburgh G-20 summit gets under way; anarchists spotted in crowdPITTSBURGH — More than 1,000 protesters are on the move in Pittsburgh for what has been billed as a peaceful protest against the Group of 20 summit. Pittsburgh businesses clean up from G-20 protests; afternoon march with permit is plannedPITTSBURGH — Businesses vandalized during Group of 20 protests were cleaning up broken glass and getting back to work Friday while demonstrators pledging nonviolence planned an afternoon march to protest environmental, health care and other policies. Honduran interim gov’t extends curfew after night of violence; deposed leader hunkers downTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim government extended an already long curfew through most of Wednesday after police skirmished with backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya throughout the night and arrested more than 100 people for vandalism and looting. Paris catacombs closed to public due to vandalismPARIS — Paris’ underground bone collection, the catacombs, has been closed to the public indefinitely after being vandalized. Paris catacombs closed to public after vandals scatter human skulls along underground pathsPARIS — Paris’ underground bone collection, the catacombs, has been closed to the public indefinitely after being vandalized. Suspect in vandalism at Colorado Democratic office once campaigned for Democratic candidateDENVER — An act of vandalism at Colorado Democratic headquarters that shattered windows next to signs about health care reform took a strange turn Wednesday when it was revealed that one of the suspects was a Democratic activist. Report: Suspect in vandalism at Colo. Democratic office once campaigned for Dem candidateDENVER — A suspect in a vandalism at the Colorado Democratic headquarters was once a paid campaign worker for a Democratic candidate for the Legislature, according to public records. Report: Suspect in vandalism at Colo. Democratic office once worked for Democratic candidateDENVER — A suspect in a vandalism at the Colorado Democratic headquarters was once a paid campaign worker for a Democratic candidate for the Legislature, according to public records. Windows with health care reform posters smashed at Colorado Democratic headquarters in DenverDENVER — At least two people smashed windows bearing health-care reform posters at the Colorado Democratic headquarters in Denver in what party officials are calling an act of political vandalism. Windows with health-care reform posters smashed at Colorado Democratic headquarters in DenverDENVER — Someone smashed windows bearing health-care reform posters at the Colorado Democratic headquarters in Denver, and party officials say the vandalism appears to be politically motivated. Swastika painted outside office of Ga. congressman who had confrontational health care meetingWASHINGTON — The FBI and police were investigating after a swastika was painted outside Rep. David Scott’s district office in Georgia, an act the suburban Atlanta Democrat said reflects an increasingly hateful and racist debate over health care and should remind people to tone down their rhetoric. British lawmaker’s car vandalized as she canvasses her Manchester constituencyLONDON —Police say they are investigating after a former Cabinet minister’s car was vandalized as she went door to door talking to constituents. Former worker charged with vandalism after project destroyed at national labSAN FRANCISCO — Federal authorities said Tuesday they arrested a former employee of a national laboratory who is suspected of slipping past security and destroying a science project. Former national lab worker in California arrested after project destroyedSAN FRANCISCO — Federal authorities have arrested a former employee of a national laboratory who they say slipped past security and destroyed a science project. Homeowner wants T. Boone Pickens charged with theft over slab where oilman signed nameOKLAHOMA CITY — As a youngster, Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens scratched his name in wet concrete in the driveway of his grandmother’s Oklahoma house. Obama ‘Hope’ artist to plead guilty to some Boston vandalism charges, his lawyer saysBOSTON — A lawyer says the artist who created the “Hope” poster of President Barack Obama will plead guilty to some of the vandalism charges he faces in Boston, while other charges will be dropped. Pa. man gets 2-10 years in prison for helping son vandalize oil tank, damaging national forestBRADFORD, Pa. — A northwestern Pennsylvania man was sentenced to two to 10 years in state prison for conspiring with his son to cause an oil spill in the Allegheny National Forest because he was upset with his former employer. Labor secretary denounces defacement of gay pride posters at agency headquartersWASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is denouncing vandals who defaced many of the gay pride posters installed at the agency’s Washington headquarters. Annoyed Syracuse woman calls 911, then allegedly keys police car she said was blocking her carSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Police in Syracuse said a woman who was annoyed that a police car was blocking her own car first called 911 and then vandalized the squad car. Police said the woman called 911 Saturday to report the “emergency” — that a patrol car was blocking her car. They said she then keyed the patrol car because they didn’t move it quickly enough. LA police chief blames ‘knuckleheads’ for trouble during Lakers’ postgame celebrationsLOS ANGELES — Looting and vandalism that broke out in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball championship won’t keep the city from celebrating the team’s victory: City officials and the Lakers are planning a victory parade they hope will overshadow unrest the police chief blames on a mob of “knuckleheads.” Police break up crowds of rowdy fans celebrating Lakers’ title outside Staples CenterLOS ANGELES — Hundreds celebrated in the streets outside Staples Center after the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA title win Sunday night, with some revelers damaging police cruisers, throwing rocks and bottles at officers and setting bonfires in the street, authorities said. Police: Southern California mosque vandalized with spray-painted threat and slursCYPRESS, Calif. — A Southern California mosque was vandalized with graffiti including expletives and threats early Thursday, shortly after President Barack Obama’s address in Egypt to the Muslim world. 14 Boston vandalism charges against Obama ‘Hope’ artist are dropped, leaving 13 pendingBOSTON — Prosecutors in Boston have dropped 14 vandalism charges against the street artist who created the “Hope” poster of President Barack Obama. Vandals hurl paint-filled balloons at US-designed Ara Pacis museum in RomeROME — Vandals threw paint-filled balloons at a controversial museum designed by U.S. architect Richard Meier overnight, splashing the red and green colors of the Italian flag against the outside white wall, police said. |