Denny’s
A Latino customer claims in court that a Denny’s employee stabbed him as he ate his meal, nearly killing him.
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Boss of the Week
A former employee of Fulton Trucking Co. claims in court then when he complained of unsafe working conditions, his boss told him, “Fuck you, you stupid son of a bitch, you’re fired,” and stabbed him in the chest with a screwdriver.
Read moreOregon Woman Sues Canadian University Over Knife Attack
An Oregon woman is suing the University of British Columbia over an October 2016 knife attack in her dorm room by a Saudi Arabian engineering student who said God instructed him to kill her after listening to passages in the Quran.
Read moreFinland’s First Terror Trial Opens Over 2017 Stabbings
A rare terror trial opened Monday in Finland in the case of a Moroccan asylum-seeker and alleged Islamic State sympathizer charged with fatally stabbing two people and wounding eight others.
Read moreUK Police Arrest 78-Year-Old After Burglar Stabbed to Death
British police say a 78-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly stabbing a burglar who had broken into his home.
Read moreUS Investigator of Ivory, Rhino Horn Trade Killed in Kenya
A leading American investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade has been found stabbed to death in his home, Kenyan police and officials said Monday.
Read moreSecond Slenderman Teen Gets 40 Years in Mental Hospital
A Wisconsin girl painted as the ringleader of an attempt to stab her friend to death to appease a fictional boogeyman was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in a mental institution.
Read moreSlenderman Teen Sentenced to 25 Years in Mental Hospital
One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman was sentenced Thursday to the maximum punishment of 25 years in a mental institution.
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Chief Priest, 2 Others Dead in Tokyo Shrine Stabbings
The head priest of a prominent shrine in Tokyo was ambushed and killed with a samurai sword, apparently by her brother, who then took his own life, police said Friday.
Read moreOhio Man Fighting Death Penalty Says Real Stabber Got Life Sentence
A 22-year-old Ohio man who was convicted as a teenager for the brutal murder of his childhood friend asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday to reverse his death sentence, claiming he did not touch the knife used to kill the victim.
Read moreProminent Journalist at News Radio Station Stabbed in Moscow
A well-known journalist for Russia’s leading news radio station was stabbed in the throat Monday by an unknown attacker who burst into her studio — the latest in a string of attacks on journalists or opposition activists in Moscow.
Read moreOne Dead, Seven Hurt in Polish Shopping Mall Attack
A man attacked people with a knife Friday at a shopping mall in southeastern Poland, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said. Shoppers detained the attacker until police could arrive.
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Second Slenderman Defendant Takes Deal to Avoid Trial
A second Wisconsin girl reached a plea deal Friday on charges of trying to stab her friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman, avoiding a trial that was set for next month.
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Jury: Wisconsin Girl Mentally Ill in Stabbing of Classmate
A Wisconsin girl who admitted to participating in the stabbing of a classmate to please horror character Slenderman will avoid prison after a jury determined that she was mentally ill at the time of the attack.
Read moreJudge Narrows Jury Pool in First Slenderman Trial
A handful of prospective jurors were excused Monday in the case of one of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman, less than a week before her trial begins.
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Slenderman Suspect Takes Plea Deal on Lesser Charge
One of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman accepted a plea deal Monday for a lesser-included charge of attempted homicide.
Read moreFinnish Police Shoot Man Who Stabs 8 People in Turku; 2 Dead
A man stabbed eight people Friday in Finland’s western city of Turku, killing two of them, before police shot him in the thigh and detained him, police said. Authorities were looking for more potential suspects in the attack.
Read moreJudge Rules Slenderman Juries Will Be Sequestered
Jurors in the upcoming trials of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman will be isolated from the public during the proceedings, a state judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreNorthwestern Professor Charged in Chicago Stabbing Won’t Fight Extradition
A Northwestern University professor will be returned to Chicago to face charges that he and an accomplice fatally stabbed a Chicago man late last month then drove across the country before surrendering in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Slenderman Stabbing Jurors Will Be Local, Judge Rules
The jury for one of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman will be chosen from the county where the crime occurred, a state judge ruled Monday.
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