Buffalo Fighting Rise in Street Violence
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A funeral director uses billboards to warn against becoming his "guest of honor." Sports heroes and business leaders offer up a boxing ring.
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Gun battles between  rival gangs in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-producing state of Rivers  erupted on Tuesday in violence linked to a change of governor,  killing 15 people, local rights activists said.
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CHICAGO - Professional bull riding, an extreme sport billed as a cross between a NASCAR auto race and a rock concert, has moved from the country to the big city - attracting big money along the way.
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Big-city murders rose sharply in 2006 as violent crime increased nationally for the second straight year, the FBI reported Monday.
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There is a newfound willingness to confront the five nights of gunfire, looting and flames driven by race-tinged rage that disemboweled the cityâs midsection in 1967.
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New figures show violent crime rising in the third quarter of last year and an increase in firearms offences.
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The most horrific episode of violence in recent N.B.A history was caused by fans, drunken fans, riotous fans.
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GUWAHATI: In stepped up violence, six people, including two BSF men, were killed and 51 others injured in three blasts triggered by the Ulfa in three districts of Assam since Wednesday night.
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In the past decade, a youth gang  with its origins in El Salvador has established a major  criminal presence in the United States, bringing a new level of  violence and brutality to towns and cities across the nation.
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Arlin Pacheco turned her video camera from the kittens on her porch to the police officers she saw chasing and tackling a neighbor. The camera was rolling as one officer pressed his knee on the man's neck and punched his face. That arrest of suspected gang member William Cardenas didn't draw much attention until last week, when Pacheco's video appeared on the YouTube Web site.
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A recent rise in violent crime accelerated in the first half of 2006, providing the clearest sign yet that the nation is in the midst of a prolonged increase in murder, assaults and other violent offenses, the FBI reported today.
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Gunfire rang throughout the city today and black smoke rose over the Old City neighbourhood, where much of the fighting has been centred.
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Bangalore municipal workers started rounding up thousands of street dogs Sunday in India's high-tech hub after a young child was savaged to death by a pack of neighbourhood strays last week.
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LONDON  - A protest by pro-fox-hunting activists turned violent outside a governing Labour party meeting attended by three cabinet ministers Thursday, police said.
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angry villagers burned down houses of ethnic minority people they blame for separatist violence, police say. Settlers in the area attacked Bodo people and burned down at
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The number of people killed in communal clashes in central Nigeria is far higher than previously thought, a new government study says.
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BAGHDAD -- At Sheik Omar Clinic, a big book records 10,363 violent deaths in Baghdad and nearby towns since the war began last year -- deaths caused by car bombs, clashes between Iraqis and coalition forces, mortar attacks, revenge killings, and robberies.