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China’s first police Corgi has 400,000 followers and a nose for trouble

Fu Zai has won top workplace reviews as an unusual breed of sniffer dog. But his lack of selfcontrol cost him his annual bonus/ NYT (Screengrab) With a keen sense of smell and legs that seem too short for his body, Fu Zai has won a huge social media audience that has followed him doing […]

Police clash with Brooklyn College protesters after pro-Palestinian rally

Image used for representative purposes A pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College erupted in chaos Thursday, with demonstrators and police engaging in physical altercations, several people being held and one officer firing a Taser to subdue a man in the crowd.The unruly scene followed the arrests of 80 people Wednesday after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a part […]

In Tyre Nichols Case, an Out-of-Town Jury Heard a Familiar Police Defense

Even before the state trial began last month for the former police officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis, the defense notched an important victory. The officers’ lawyers persuaded the judge to seat a jury from the area around Chattanooga, Tenn., hundreds of miles from where surveillance and body cameras captured the officers […]

Mistrial for Michigan police officer charged in fatal shooting of Congolese immigrant | World News

Mistrial for Michigan police officer charged in fatal shooting of Congolese immigrant (Photo: AP) A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury in Michigan couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in the second-degree murder trial of a police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, in the back of the head following a traffic […]

At least 1 dead after 14 people shot at a Houston family party, police say

Representative Image (AI) HOUSTON: At least one person was killed when 14 people were shot early Sunday during a party at a home in Houston, where police said gunfire broke out after an uninvited guest was asked to leave. The Houston police department began receiving calls reporting shots fired around 12:50 a.m. at a home […]

‘Operation Fake Monster’: Brazilian police stop bomb plot at Lady Gaga’s Rio concert

Brazilian police arrested two people over an alleged plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.The planned attack was foiled during a joint operation between Rio de Janeiro’s civil police and the justice ministry, officials said on Sunday.Authorities believe the group behind the plot had been spreading hate […]

Man charged in deputy’s death was the father of teen shot by Cincinnati police, authorities say | World News

Man charged in deputy’s death was the father of teen shot by Cincinnati police, authorities say (Photo: AP) A man who struck and killed a county deputy with his car on Friday is the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer a day earlier, police said. Authorities said […]

Prince Harry Says He Would ‘Love Reconciliation’ With Royal Family

Prince Harry said he would love to reconcile with his family in Britain during an emotional BBC interview in which he admitted he had no idea about the prognosis of his father, King Charles III, who has cancer, and expressed a desire to end their painful rift. The interview was released hours after Harry lost […]

Seven people are dead after pickup and tour van collide near Yellowstone, police say

Representative Image (AI-generated) IDAHO: A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people, Idaho State Police say. The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday on a highway near Henry’s Lake State Park in eastern Idaho. The state park is roughly 16 miles (26 kilometers) west of Yellowstone National […]

South African police rescue 44 Ethiopians from suspected traffickers

Representative Image (AI-generated) JOHANNESBURG: South African police said Thursday they had rescued 44 Ethiopian nationals, 17 of them minors, who were being held against their will in an upscale neighbourhood of Johannesburg.The incident is the latest in a string of human-trafficking cases in Africa’s most industrialised nation, a magnet for undocumented migrants from across the […]