Arson

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Lawmakers push for arson registry

AP News 144 days ago

In wake of fires, California lawmakers take another crack at arson database The deadly fire at Angeles National Forest is renewing a push from California lawmakers for a national registry of convicted arsonists. Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein filed legislation ...

Los Angeles Mourns Two Firefighters Killed In Station Fire

Getty Images 150 days ago

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Vice President Joseph Biden addresses a public memorial service at Dodger Stadium for two Los Angeles County firefighters who died while fighting the 250-square-mile Station fire on September 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Captain Ted ...

Investigators screen tips in L.A. wildfire arson

AP News 152 days ago

Investigators chase down tips in Los Angeles wildfire arson probe, more detectives added Investigators trying to solve a giant arson wildfire outside Los Angeles have bolstered their ranks in recent days, putting six more homicide detectives on the case as they review ...

Accused arsonist enters plea, gets prison term

AP News 195 days ago

Arsonist who claimed multiple personalities gets prison term Calm and contrite, an accused arsonist diagnosed with multiple personality disorder entered "no contest" pleas Wednesday over a pair of fires — one of which she blamed on an alter ego named "Blackie Rage." ...

Experts raise issues on probe of hotel re

Las Vegas Sun 216 days ago

Demolition seen as obstacle to determining if cause was arson For city residents, the four-alarm fire at the Moulin Rouge in May was a civic misfortune, the second major blaze to devastate the site since the iconic downtown hotel opened in 1955. ...

Suspected arson kills four in Japan: police

AFP Asian Edition 219 days ago

A large fire broke out on Sunday in a possible arson attack on a slot machine parlour in western Japan, killing four people and injuring 18 others, police said. Witnesses told police that a man had sprayed liquid -- possibly petrol -- ...

Court won't review environmentalist sentencing

AP News 246 days ago

Supreme Court won't review prison sentence for radical environmentalist The Supreme Court will not consider making changes to the sentence of a radical environmentalist linked to multiple arsons across the West. Kendall Tankersley was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, after ...

Afghanistan

AP News 257 days ago

Afghans sort the damaged books and papers after school was burnt by arsonists during overnight in Daman district of Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Officials say arsonists have burned down a boys school overnight in southern ...

Saudi Arabian embassy in Stockholm arson attack

ZUMA Press Inc 278 days ago

A police bomb technician and a bomb sniffer dog examines a car partially burned after an arson attack against the Saudi Arabian embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, 06 May 2009. A man was captured by the Saudi Arabian embassy’s security personel when he ...

Arson-plagued Coatesville, Pa., logs 2 more fires

AP News 290 days ago

2 new arsons in Coatesville, Pa., make 22 for the year; no damage, injuries reported this time Two new fires make 22 for the year in the arson-plagued city of Coatesville, Pa. The Chester County Arson Task Force says the blazes broke ...

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