Violence in the media

 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The latest on the shooting at a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater (times are local): 3:45 p.m. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which...

NEW YORK (AP) — When he wasn't busy being what prosecutors portray as the ruthless leader of a violent drug gang, Ronald Herron was...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida software designer accused of killing a black teenager during an argument over loud music compared himself to a...

This Aug. 12, 2013 photo shows rapper Ja Rule during an interview in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)    ATLANTA (AP) — Ja Rule,...

Rapper Common speaks about the violence that has plagued his hometown during an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, in...

LEAVES PRISON--In this March 2, 2010 photo, rapper Ja Rule attends the premiere of "Brooklyn's Finest" in New York. Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule was set to leave an upstate New York prison on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession but head straight into federal custody in a tax case. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File) by Michael Virtanen Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in a tax case.