BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A city in central Indiana is ramping up its defenses against a virulent menace: crow droppings. Hundreds of crows settling in trees around the Monroe County Courthouse square in Bloomington have caused havoc in recent weeks by coating the area with droppings, in particular bombarding cars and …

BOSTON – Jury selection has been postponed in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv). The U.S. District Court in Boston will be closed on Monday due to a prolonged snowstorm expected to dump up to two feet of new snow on the socked-in region. Jury …

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A threatening letter that disparages black police officers has been found in mailboxes at a Connecticut police department. Bridgeport officials said Wednesday state police are investigating the letter, which begins and ends with the term “white power.” The letter singles out black officer Clive Higgins, who was …

TUCSON, Ariz. – The parents of the first American killed by Islamic State militants say the U.S. government failed them during their son’s long capture. Diane and John Foley spoke before a large crowd at the University of Arizona on Thursday. The panel included Terry Anderson, the former Associated Press …

ELYRIA, Ohio – An infant’s parents have been charged with child endangering after police say they couldn’t agree which one would take care of their 3-month-old over the weekend and the father left her at a McDonald’s outside Cleveland. Twenty-two-year-old Rachel Jaajaa and 29-year-old Aaron Tate were arrested Monday. Police …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Local and state officials in Virginia have asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by a deaf man who says he spent six weeks at a county jail unable to adequately communicate. A hearing on the lawsuit filed by Ethiopian immigrant Abreham Zemedagegehu (zeh-MAY’-deh-geh-GAY’-hoo) was …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Prosecutors rested their care Thursday and the judge denied a standard defense request to acquit the final three former Florida A&M band members charged in the hazing death of a drum major. Defense attorneys said that prosecutors had failed to show there was a conspiracy and that …

NEWARK, N.J. – Federal prosecutors have announced a court proceeding involving the 2013 traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge, an investigation that has loomed over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as he considers a presidential run. An 11 a.m. court hearing is scheduled for Friday, and the U.S. attorney’s …

GRANT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Michigan authorities say they arrested a naked drunken woman who was driving the wrong way after leaving her naked husband and their child at a rest stop. The Clare County sheriff’s department says 23-year-old Jessie Schwaub-Devault of Harrison left her husband and child along U.S. 127 …

Oscar Jitters | Caine and Quincy’s Blowout Party | Motolla Label-less Bratton: No Threats to L.A. But Orange Is Good Los Angeles’ new police chief, Bill Bratton, told me last night that the City of Angels has received no specific terrorist threats. In fact, Bratton plans on going to the …