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This undated photo shows Ryan Coles, who is accused of killing his parents Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. (Salem County Correctional Facility) A suburban Philadelphia couple were beaten to death by their own son in their New Jersey home, authorities said Saturday. Edward Coles Jr., 58, and wife Rosemarie Coles, 55, of West Deptford, were found dead by another family member Friday moing. The couple's son, 28-year-old Ryan Coles, was arrested on murder and weapons charges. His bail was set at $1 million. The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said that the couple died from "blunt head trauma" and alleged that Ryan Coles had bludgeoned his parents "with his hands and an unknown object." Neighbor...

Aug. 20, 2016: A man and a woman mou next to a body of one the victims of a blast targeting a wedding ceremony in Gaziantep, Turkey. (Ihlas News Agency via REUTERS) At least 22 people were killed and 94 others were injured Saturday when a bomb exploded at an outdoor wedding in southe Turkey, the provincial goveor's office said. Gaziantep Province Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said the blast during the wedding in the city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria, was a terror attack. A brief statement from the goveor's office said the explosion in the Sahinbey district occurred at 10:50 p.m. (3:50 p.m. ET) The statement condemned the "treacherous" attack, but did not provide further details. Mehmet ...

Student protesters staged a sit-in outside the chancellor's office last December. (Student Labor Committee at UC Berkeley) The chancellor at University of Califoia Berkeley has an exit plan in case student protesters storm his office. Nicholas Dirks, the school's chancellor, installed a $9,000 escape hatch in a hallway outside his office to "provide egress" if potential student protesters descend on the administratio...

A New Jersey suburb known for its tree-lined streets and stately, multimillion-dollar homes has been transformed into a battleground over both a proposed mosque and the free speech rights of residents who oppose the project. Beards, a township of about 27,000 an hour west of New York City, has been cleaved by controversy since 2011, when its Plaing Board took up a proposal for a 4,250-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood known as Liberty Coer. The applicant, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, is led by a former Beards mayor and has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing members of the board of religious discrimination in ultimately rejecting the project. Related Image ...

A New Jersey suburb known for its tree-lined streets and stately, multimillion-dollar homes has been transformed into a battleground over both a proposed mosque and the free speech rights of residents who oppose the project. Beards, a township of about 27,000 an hour west of New York City, has been cleaved by controversy since 2011, when its Plaing Board took up a proposal for a 4,250-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood known as Liberty Coer. The applicant, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, is led by a former Beards mayor and has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing members of the board of religious discrimination in ultimately rejecting the project. Related Image ...

A New Jersey suburb known for its tree-lined streets and stately, multimillion-dollar homes has been transformed into a battleground over both a proposed mosque and the free speech rights of residents who oppose the project. Beards, a township of about 27,000 an hour west of New York City, has been cleaved by controversy since 2011, when its Plaing Board took up a proposal for a 4,250-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood known as Liberty Coer. The applicant, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, is led by a former Beards mayor and has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing members of the board of religious discrimination in ultimately rejecting the project. Related Image ...

A machete attack that injured two female police officers in the Belgian city of Charleroi Saturday appears to be an act of terrorism, officials said. The assailant, who reportedly shouted "Allahu Akhbar," the Arabic phrase meaning "God is great", was shot by a third officer and later died of his inuries. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the attacker's identity and motive were not immediately known, but "first indications" suggested the attack was terror-related. "Thoughts are with the victims, their relatives and police officers," Michel posted on Twitter. The prime minister broke off his vacation in the south of France and was retuing to Belgium for an emergency meeting of t...

A man wielding a machete and shouting "Allahu Akbar" injured two female police officers Saturday outside a police station in southe Belgium before being shot and killed, police said. Police reported that the injured officers were “out of danger.” The attack took place around 4 p.m. local time near the main police station in Charleroi. According to RTBF state broadcasting, one officer suffered severe injuries to her face while her colleague was slightly injured. It said a third officer shot the assailant. Charleroi police spokesman David Quinaux said the attacker carried the machete in a sports bag and pulled it out as he arrived at a security checkpoint outside police headquarters. Bel...

Aug. 5, 2016: Dueling obituaries for Leroy Black are seen in the Press of Atlantic City (Twitter/NJ.com) A New Jersey man who died this week of lung cancer has attained posthumous notoriety after his "loving wife" and "longtime girlfriend" placed dueling obituaries in the same newspaper. According to the Philly Voice, the obituaries for Leroy Black appeared on page D6 of Friday's Press of Atlantic City. One death notice notice states that Black is survived by his wife, Bearetta Harrison Black, his son Jazz, and two other children from a different relationship. Below the first obituary is another notice that incorporates a nickname for Black, "Blast." It makes no mention of Black's wife, ...

Christian rockerDallas Taylor is in critical condition after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Florida. The 36-year-old lead singer of southe heavy metal band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster was injured Tuesday when the ATV he was driving on church property near Ocala went out of control and struck a sign. Authorities say Taylor was flown by helicopter to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Dottie Taylor tells the Ocala Star-Baer doctors brought her son out of sedation briefly on Wednesday to perform neurological tests. She says Taylor and his 10-year-old son were visiting from Birmingham, Alabama, when he took the ATV for a spin. The Florida Highway Patrol says Taylor wasn't weari...

DEVELOPING:A man attacked several people with a knife in central London Wednesday evening, killing a woman and injuring five other people in what police described as a possible terror attack. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were called to Russell Square at around 10:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. ET) for a report of an armed man. They found "up to six people injured", including a woman who was pronounced dead. Related Image Expand / Contract Russell Square is located near the British Museum (bottom left) in central London (SkyNews/Google Earth) "Terrorism is one possibility being explored at this stage," the statement added. Authorities said one man was arrested after...

July 23, 2016: A Bastrop County sheriff's vehicle responds to a shooting at an apartment complex in Bastrop, Texas (KTBC/Jeifer Kendall) Four people were killed Saturday in a shooting at an apartment complex approximately 30 miles southeast of the Texas state capitol. Police in Bastrop said that a man, two women and a child were shot to death. SpokeswomanVicky Steffanic told reporters the shooter is dead and there is no threat to the public. Another child was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Steffanic declined to say how the shooter had died and said the victims' identities would not be released until next of kin were notified. There was no immediate word on the ...

An 18-year-old man with dual German and Iranian citizenship opened fire at a McDonald's restaurant and a crowded shopping mall in Munich Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring 21 others before tuing his gun on himself, the city's police chief said. Hubertus Andrae told reporters the gunman's motive was "fully unclear", and there was no immediate claim of responsbility by any terror group. Shooting in #Munich shopping mall #OEZ!! People ruing away to seek shelter!! pic.twitter.com/PB189s6RQy — Thamina Stoll (@thaminastoll) July 22, 2016 Authorities initially said they were searching for three attackers, but Andrae said two people who fled the scene in a car were determined n...

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World Wrestling Entertainment Inc was sued on Monday by dozens of retired wrestlers seeking to hold the company responsible for neurological injuries they claimed to have suffered by participating in its bouts. The complaint was filed on behalf of wrestlers including Joseph Laurinaitis, known as "Road Warrior Animal;" Jimmy Snuka, known as "Superfly;" Paul Odorff, known as "Mr. Wonderful," and others, as well as some former referees. It accused the WWE of concealing the risks of head trauma stemming from performing, and classifying the plaintiffs as "independent contractors" rather than employees as a means to evade liability. "WWE placed corporate gain over its wrestlers' health, safe...

DEVELOPING:A large truck drove into a crowd of people who had gathered for a Bastille Day fireworks show Thursday in the southe French city of Nice, killing at least 60 people and injuring 100 more in a terror attack, officials said. The city's prefect of police told FranceTV Info that the death toll was only an estimation. Another police official told France's BFM TV that the driver of the truck was also dead. A police spokeswoman,Sylvie Toffin, confirmed the incident was deliberate to the Associated Press, saying"It's an attack." A witness, Wassim Bouhlel, told the Associated Press that he saw the truck drive into the crowd, then witnessed the driver emerge with a gun and start shoo...

Nizar Zakka, a U.S. permanent resident from Lebanon who has advocated for Inteet freedom. (Friends of Nizar Zakka group via AP) Iran aounced indictments Monday against four people including an American with dual citizenship and a U.S. permanent resident, prompting a rebuke from the State Department. "If the reports are true, both are being unjustly detained and should be released as soon as possible," spokesman John Kirby responded. The four individuals are believed to have been detained by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force charged with ensuring the country's Islamic govement remains in power. The aouncement came months after the U.S. and other world powers reached a deal ...

MINNEAPOLIS – In the wake of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities were criticized for what some called heavy-handed tactics against demonstrators, many departments took a more restrained approach. Now, after the shooting deaths of five officers at a Dallas protest decrying last week's police killings of two more black men, some experts are suggesting it's possible the pendulum could swing from hugs back to flash-bang grenades and mass arrests. After days of peaceful protests in St. Paul, officers in riot gear met protesters who blocked Interstate 94 late Saturday in the biggest confrontation between police and demonstrators since an officer fatally shot a black man during ...