Extortion and threats

 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Flashing lights pierced the black of night, and the big white letters made clear it was the police. The woman...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man convicted of making threats on Facebook, but dodged...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) With measured remarks and a conciliatory tone, police, political leaders and civil-rights activists on Thursday sought to tamp down tensions after...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A convicted child molester has agreed to plead guilty to mailing a threatening letter from jail to President Barack Obama —...

CAIRO (AP) — A strange silence has met the U.S. capture of a Libyan militant accused in the 2012 attack that killed the American...

In this March 11, 2013 file photo, Bobby Ferguson, a friend of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, leaves federal court in Detroit. (AP...

This photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Erbie Bowser after a previous arrest. (AP Photo/Dallas County Sheriff's Office) by Uriel J. GarciaAssociated Press Writer DALLAS (AP) — Erbie Lee Bowser taught special education students and started a nonprofit that would provide clothing, tutoring and food for children. He entertained Dallas Mavericks' fans with a goofy dance troupe. Friends and family members described him as a "gentle giant." But the Texas man with an imposing 6-foot-7, 335-pound figure had a violent history, as court documents showed he'd threatened to kill his estranged wife and her sons.