The soldier accused in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 38, of Lake Tapps, Wash., his attorney confirmed late Friday. Reporters swarmed a neighbourhood in a rural, wooded community about 60 kilometres south of Seattle, as attorney John Henry Browne confirmed the identity of the suspect. [...]

The French military has ordered soldiers in a section of southern France to wear civilian clothes when off-base for extra security following deadly, unsolved shootings of paratroopers in the area. Police brought in counterterrorism experts and specialists in serial killers as they pieced together clues over the shooting deaths Thursday of two paratroopers, officials said. [...]

A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate’s suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the internet age. A jury found Dharun Ravi guilty of [...]

Phoenix Coyotes forward Shane Doan has been fined $2,500 by the NHL on Friday for boarding Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano during a game. The fine, the maximum allowed under the league’s collective bargaining agreement, was a result of Doan’s actions at 7:49 of the first period of Phoenix’s 4-1 loss Thursday night at Calgary. [...]

C.J. McCollum scored 30 points and Lehigh upset Duke 75-70 on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Lehigh became the sixth No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 and the first since Norfolk State pulled off the trick earlier in the day against Missouri. Duke dropped its first tournament game [...]