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OAKLAND, Calif. – The former leader of an Oakland community group and an associate were indicted on three first-degree murder counts Wednesday involving the killing of a journalist investigating the group and two other deaths. The former leader of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery group, Yusuf Bey IV, 23, …

A Wisconsin man faces arson and other charges after he allegedly told police he was just cleaning with gasoline … while smoking. The ensuing fire led to the evacuation of 11 of Ernest D. Krajniak’s neighbors, according to the Appleton, Wisc., Post-Crescent. Krajniak, 47, said he accidentally started the fire …

TERRYTOWN, La. – Gunmen in dark clothes kicked down an apartment door in a troubled New Orleans-area neighborhood and opened fire, killing two children and a woman, authorities said. A third child was hospitalized after the shooting around 4 a.m., and investigators were searching for suspects, said Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s …