A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.

An Iraqi sports reporter was killed and a television host wounded on Sunday when a bomb attached to the victim's car exploded in the northern city of Mosul, a police official told AFP.

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 31 (UPI) -- Israeli entertainer Dudu Topaz said Sunday he had no involvement in brutal attacks on Israeli media figures despite allegations by police.

FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Fort Collins police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into a home south of Colorado State University, threatening one of the men inside with a knife and stealing several items.

Police said a resident in far south Fort Worth opened fire after hearing a prowler in his yard shortly after midnight.

A police officer has won the Edinburgh Marathon, crossing the line in 2 hours 18 minutes and 24 seconds.

Russian police thwarted opposition plans for a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in central Moscow on Sunday, detaining a prominent Kremlin critic and more than 30 other government opponents in a show of force.

A 34-year-old man was killed overnight on the Near West Side in what police are calling a drive-by shooting. Randall Ewing, of the 9900 block of South Throop Street, was shot at about 3 a.m. on the 900 block of West Lake Street in the West Town neighborhood. Ewing was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at about 3:40 a.m., the medical examiners office said. There were no other details available. ...

Chicago police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman who was apparently crushed by her garage door on the city's South Side.

The police say they acted appropriately in a chaotic situation, but critics say they treated members of the public as enemies.