Oct 27 - By Associated Press
Communist rebels attacked a village festival in eastern India with gunfire and bombs Saturday, killing a top politician's son and 17 other people, police said.
Oct 26 - By Associated Press
A volunteer at the Eagle River Nature Center is recovering after being bitten by a brown bear sow. Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials say Sarah Wallmer was bitten on the buttocks on the Crow Pass Trail, about a mile from the nature center.
Oct 26 - By Bagila Bukharbayeva, AP Writer
Five years after more than 800 people were taken hostage in a Moscow theater, survivors and relatives of the 130 who died commemorated the attack Friday with a mix of grief and anger over a rescue operation they say was botched.
Oct 24 - By Associated Press
A wild elephant killed a 14-year-old boy who had hit the animal on a motorbike on Indonesia's Sumatra island, a conservationist said Thursday.
Oct 23 - By Associated Press
Frustration and anger over losses compelled a homeless man to bash a slot machine until it broke, an eastern Iowa man told a judge on Monday.
Oct 23 - By Associated Press
Two teenagers who used a plumbing snake to brutally attack a developmentally disabled handyman at a bowling alley were sentenced Tuesday to long prison terms.
Oct 22 - By Anita Chang, AP Writer
A male panda at the Beijing Zoo once bitten by a drunk tourist attacked a teenager, ripping chunks out of the boy's legs, officials and a newspaper said Tuesday.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
Wild monkeys attacked a senior government official who then fell from a balcony at his home and died Sunday, media reported.
Oct 20 - By Associated Press
It wasn't a fleeing suspect who attacked four police officers sent to investigate a burglary report at a garbage-filled vacant house — it was a swarm of fleas.
Oct 19 - By Associated Press
A man was arrested after police say he attacked three people trying to repossess his car. The man, 59, was working at Shoemaker's Thursday evening when he was told his car was being repossessed.
Oct 14 - By Associated Press
A Boy Scout played dead when attacked by a bear during a camping trip, avoiding serious injury.
Oct 14 - By Associated Press
A homeless man torched outside a church where he had bedded down for the night has died from his injuries, police said Saturday.
Oct 12 - By Associated Press
A woman says a neighbor attacked her inflatable Halloween lawn display of three ghosts and a giant pumpkin, then apparently smashed his head through her window in a fit of rage.
Oct 11 - By Associated Press
An alligator that killed an elderly woman was captured in the pond where passers-by found her body last weekend, police said.
Oct 11 - By Associated Press
A rocket or mortar attack on the main U.S. base near Baghdad killed two members of the U.S.-led coalition forces and wounded 40 people, the military said Thursday.
Oct 8 - By Juan Manuel Pardellas, AP Writer
A killer whale at a marine park hit its trainer and dragged her underwater repeatedly until it finally freed the woman with a badly bruised chest and a broken arm, park officials said Monday.
Oct 8 - By Associated Press
A man who kept exotic animals on his property was killed when a red deer gored him with its antlers, authorities said.
Oct 5 - By Associated Press
A jury convicted a Brooklyn man of manslaughter and on hate crimes charges Friday for an attack on a gay victim at a remote city beach that led to the victim's death.
Oct 5 - By Tom Hays, AP Writer
A homeless man was critically injured Friday after he was set on fire outside a church where he had bedded down for the night.
Oct 3 - By Associated Press
Five families who lost relatives in the 2001 terrorist attacks have settled with the airline industry, saying their negligence lawsuit yielded new information about security lapses, attorneys said Wednesday.
Sep 24 - By Associated Press
A sword-yielding intruder entered the wrong apartment Sunday and attacked a stranger, police said. The 24-year-old suspect allegedly went to the apartment to confront an ex-friend who lives in the same building, but instead entered the victim's apartment with a Samurai-style sword with a 20-inch blade, Capt. Michael Young said.
Sep 19 - By Associated Press
A couple of barks from his dog ahead of him on the trail was all the warning Anthony Blasioli got. An instant later, he was fighting with a black bear for his life.
Sep 10 - By Associated Press
A Palestinian rocket exploded in an Israeli army base early Tuesday, wounding more than 40 soldiers as they slept in their tents and drawing calls for a major military operation against militants launching rockets from the Gaza Strip.
Sep 10 - By Associated Press
A man who tried to run over a Burger King worker while ordering breakfast had to settle for jail food instead.
Sep 3 - By Yaniv Zohar, AP Writer
A Palestinian rocket exploded Monday next to a day care center crowded with toddlers in southern Israel, sparking anger and panic in the frequently targeted town of Sderot and bringing warnings of retribution from Israeli leaders.