Oscar-nominated US actor Jake Gyllenhaal witnessed a gang fight in Los Angeles when he joined the city's police riding along with the cops as research for a new film, the LAPD said Thursday.

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Some 18 Wheels of Soul motorcycle gang leaders face racketeering, murder and kidnapping charges in a wide-ranging indictment aimed at a nationwide takedown, federal authorities said on Tuesday.

1. Vigil marks anniversary of fatal Erik Scott shooting. Friends and supporters gathered outside Costco to remember him with a moment of silence and vows to continue seeking justice.

South Korea's professional football league said Monday it would double the players' minimum wage to try to curtail corruption as the fallout from a major match-fixing scandal widens.

Dozens of current and former football players have been charged with match-fixing, prosecutors said Thursday, in a deepening scandal which has battered the reputation of South Korea's K-League.

A shootout between a group of alleged Zetas drug cartel members and the military left 15 gang members and six marines dead in northern Mexico, the Ministry of the Navy said.

Fifteen associates of Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, including two former ministers, have been charged with harming state authority, setting up armed gangs and economic crimes, the Abidjan prosecutor said Sunday.

Marlon Rengifo is dead. But Leider Abraham has been reborn. In Petecuy, one of the roughest neighborhoods in Cali, one of Colombia's most dangerous cities, life and art are intertwined.

LONDON (Reuters) - A school's decision to ban some hairstyles it says have become associated with gang culture has resulted in "unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified," a British court ruled on Friday.

Syria's army, under fire for its harsh crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, was pursuing "armed gangs" in mountains near Jisr al-Shughur after storming the hotbed northern town, state media said.

Authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai have promised a full investigation after a prominent newspaper crime reporter was killed in a drive-by shooting near his home.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 100 central California gang members accused of using violence and dealing drugs have been arrested in a major crackdown, authorities said on Wednesday.

A Syrian town braced for a military assault as international pressure piled on President Bashar al-Assad's regime amid reports his envoy to France had quit in solidarity with protesters.

A Syrian town braced for a military assault as international pressure piled on President Bashar al-Assad's regime amid reports his envoy to France had quit in solidarity with protesters.

One hundred and twenty policemen were killed by "armed gangs" in northwest Syria, state television said, as the authorities warned of a firm response.

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mario Ramos thought it was a bad joke when he received an anonymous email at the start of this year demanding $15,000 a month to keep his industrial tubing business operating in Monterrey, Mexico's richest city and a symbol of progress in Latin America.

A clash between rival gangs left 29 dead in Nayarit, western Mexico, while more fighting further south has prompted the exodus of almost 2,000 people, local authorities said Thursday.

At least 28 people have been killed in a vicious shoot-out between rival Mexican gangs in one of the deadliest single events in four years of spiralling drug violence across the country.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gang member who was linked to a 2004 murder by an elaborate tattoo on his chest that authorities say memorialized the crime scene was sentenced on Thursday to 65 years to life in prison.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gang member who was linked to a 2004 murder by an elaborate tattoo on his chest that authorities say memorialized the crime scene was sentenced on Thursday to 65 years to life in prison.